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DISTRICT: IX

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT IX, 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                6,716  5,003  1,713   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       3,488  2,631    857    51.9   52.6   50.0
        FEMALES                     3,228  2,372    856    48.1   47.4   50.0
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             1,163    770    393    17.3   15.4   22.9
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             884    591    293    13.2   11.8   17.1
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             590    372    218     8.8    7.4   12.7
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         2,579  1,422  1,157    38.4   28.4   67.5
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      891    524    367    13.3   10.5   21.4

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    19      8     11     0.3    0.2    0.6
           15-19                    1,144    762    382    17.0   15.2   22.3
           20-24                    2,246  1,601    645    33.4   32.0   37.6
           25-29                    1,738  1,358    380    25.9   27.1   22.2
           30-34                    1,073    868    205    16.0   17.4   12.0
           35-39                      418    350     68     6.2    7.0    4.0
           40-44                       73     52     21     1.1    1.0    1.2
           45 AND OVER                  3      3      0      #     0.1      -
           UNKNOWN                      2      1      1      #      #      # 

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    19      8     11     0.3    0.2    0.6
           15-19                      872    516    356    13.0   10.3   20.8
           20-24                    1,027    525    502    15.3   10.5   29.3
           25-29                      392    205    187     5.8    4.1   10.9
           30-34                      181    109     72     2.7    2.2    4.2
           35-39                       72     48     24     1.1    1.0    1.4
           40-44                       14      9      5     0.2    0.2    0.3
           45 AND OVER                  1      1      0      #      #       -
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0      #      #       -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                   36     22     14     0.5    0.4    0.8
           7-9 YEARS                  542    418    124     8.1    8.4    7.2
           10, 11 YEARS             1,021    678    343    15.2   13.6   20.0
           12 YEARS                 2,194  1,566    628    32.7   31.3   36.7
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE        1,933  1,474    459    28.8   29.5   26.8
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    970    834    136    14.4   16.7    7.9
           UNKNOWN                     20     11      9     0.3    0.2    0.5

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                     64     30     34     1.0    0.6    2.0
           FIRST TRIMESTER          5,509  4,316  1,193    82.0   86.3   69.6
           SECOND TRIMESTER           923    523    400    13.7   10.4   23.4
           THIRD TRIMESTER            184    107     77     2.7    2.1    4.5
           UNKNOWN MONTH               36     27      9     0.5    0.5    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.