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DISTRICT: VIII
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VIII, 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 4,241 2,570 1,671 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,128 1,307 821 50.2 50.8 49.1
FEMALES 2,113 1,263 850 49.8 49.1 50.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 862 439 423 20.3 17.1 25.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 578 257 321 13.6 10.0 19.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 414 191 223 9.8 7.4 13.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,725 491 1,234 40.7 19.1 73.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 621 214 407 14.6 8.3 24.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 20 5 15 0.5 0.2 0.9
15-19 842 434 408 19.8 16.9 24.4
20-24 1,446 804 642 34.1 31.3 38.4
25-29 1,093 727 366 25.8 28.3 21.9
30-34 542 391 151 12.8 15.2 9.0
35-39 254 181 73 6.0 7.0 4.4
40-44 39 26 13 0.9 1.0 0.8
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 # 0.1 -
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.1 - 0.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 19 4 15 0.4 0.2 0.9
15-19 602 210 392 14.2 8.2 23.4
20-24 694 171 523 16.4 6.6 31.3
25-29 268 67 201 6.3 2.6 12.0
30-34 91 23 68 2.1 0.9 4.1
35-39 39 12 27 0.9 0.5 1.6
40-44 9 4 5 0.2 0.2 0.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 0.1 - 0.2
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 # - 0.1
1-6 YEARS 12 8 4 0.3 0.3 0.2
7-9 YEARS 346 225 121 8.2 8.8 7.2
10, 11 YEARS 668 338 330 15.8 13.2 19.7
12 YEARS 1,367 731 636 32.2 28.4 38.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,111 670 441 26.2 26.1 26.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 727 592 135 17.1 23.0 8.1
UNKNOWN 9 6 3 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 21 4 17 0.5 0.2 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,677 2,362 1,315 86.7 91.9 78.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 451 169 282 10.6 6.6 16.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 58 19 39 1.4 0.7 2.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 34 16 18 0.8 0.6 1.1
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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.
