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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.

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