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DISTRICT: I

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT I, 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                4,165  2,303  1,862   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                       2,074  1,154    920    49.8   50.1   49.4
        FEMALES                     2,091  1,149    942    50.2   49.9   50.6
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               860    305    555    20.6   13.2   29.8
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             586    252    334    14.1   10.9   17.9
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**             363    160    203     8.7    6.9   10.9
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS         1,925    469  1,456    46.2   20.4   78.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      719    179    540    17.3    7.8   29.0

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                    24      5     19     0.6    0.2    1.0
           15-19                      836    300    536    20.1   13.0   28.8
           20-24                    1,326    638    688    31.8   27.7   37.0
           25-29                    1,113    752    361    26.7   32.6   19.4
           30-34                      588    422    166    14.1   18.3    8.9
           35-39                      230    153     77     5.5    6.6    4.1
           40-44                       46     31     15     1.1    1.3    0.8
           45 AND OVER                  1      1      0      #      #       -
           UNKNOWN                      1      1      0      #      #       -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                    23      4     19     0.6    0.2    1.0
           15-19                      696    175    521    16.7    7.6   28.0
           20-24                      741    157    584    17.8    6.8   31.4
           25-29                      301     80    221     7.2    3.5   11.9
           30-34                      107     35     72     2.6    1.5    3.9
           35-39                       45     13     32     1.1    0.6    1.7
           40-44                       12      5      7     0.3    0.2    0.4
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                   28     18     10     0.7    0.8    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                  385    175    210     9.2    7.6   11.3
           10, 11 YEARS               721    261    460    17.3   11.3   24.7
           12 YEARS                 1,419    683    736    34.1   29.6   39.5
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE        1,020    681    339    24.5   29.6   18.2
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE    558    455    103    13.4   19.8    5.5
           UNKNOWN                     34     30      4     0.8    1.3    0.2

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                     53     10     43     1.3    0.4    2.3
           FIRST TRIMESTER          3,384  2,043  1,341    81.2   88.7   72.0
           SECOND TRIMESTER           610    219    391    14.6    9.5   21.0
           THIRD TRIMESTER             85     21     64     2.0    0.9    3.4
           UNKNOWN MONTH               33     10     23     0.8    0.4    1.2
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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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