



(HSWWBRDS)
DISTRICT: VII
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VII, 1999
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 2,567 1,095 1,472 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,315 556 759 51.2 50.8 51.6
FEMALES 1,252 539 713 48.8 49.2 48.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 521 142 379 20.3 13.0 25.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 347 94 253 13.5 8.6 17.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 267 74 193 10.4 6.8 13.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,250 184 1,066 48.7 16.8 72.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 424 62 362 16.5 5.7 24.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 16 1 15 0.6 0.1 1.0
15-19 505 141 364 19.7 12.9 24.7
20-24 925 356 569 36.0 32.5 38.6
25-29 628 344 284 24.5 31.4 19.3
30-34 316 166 150 12.3 15.2 10.2
35-39 144 71 73 5.6 6.5 5.0
40-44 33 16 17 1.3 1.5 1.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 15 1 14 0.6 0.1 1.0
15-19 409 61 348 15.9 5.6 23.6
20-24 532 86 446 20.7 7.8 30.3
25-29 170 21 149 6.6 1.9 10.1
30-34 74 9 65 2.9 0.8 4.4
35-39 41 4 37 1.6 0.4 2.5
40-44 9 2 7 0.4 0.2 0.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 # - 0.1
1-6 YEARS 14 2 12 0.5 0.2 0.8
7-9 YEARS 179 63 116 7.0 5.8 7.9
10, 11 YEARS 398 115 283 15.5 10.5 19.2
12 YEARS 991 345 646 38.6 31.5 43.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 651 332 319 25.4 30.3 21.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 331 237 94 12.9 21.6 6.4
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 17 1 16 0.7 0.1 1.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,974 956 1,018 76.9 87.3 69.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 482 122 360 18.8 11.1 24.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 83 12 71 3.2 1.1 4.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 11 4 7 0.4 0.4 0.5
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.



