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COUNTY: AMITE
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF AMITE COUNTY, 2000
*** 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 173 91 82 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 100 49 51 57.8 53.8 62.2
FEMALES 73 42 31 42.2 46.2 37.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 21 6 15 12.1 6.6 18.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 24 7 17 13.9 7.7 20.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 18 9 9 10.4 9.9 11.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 74 17 57 42.8 18.7 69.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 17 3 14 9.8 3.3 17.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.2
15-19 20 6 14 11.6 6.6 17.1
20-24 59 31 28 34.1 34.1 34.1
25-29 45 24 21 26.0 26.4 25.6
30-34 27 16 11 15.6 17.6 13.4
35-39 19 13 6 11.0 14.3 7.3
40-44 2 1 1 1.2 1.1 1.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.2
15-19 16 3 13 9.2 3.3 15.8
20-24 33 10 23 19.1 11.0 28.0
25-29 15 2 13 8.7 2.2 15.8
30-34 7 2 5 4.0 2.2 6.1
35-39 2 0 2 1.2 - 2.4
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 3 0 1.7 3.3 -
7-9 YEARS 10 5 5 5.8 5.5 6.1
10, 11 YEARS 24 9 15 13.9 9.9 18.3
12 YEARS 66 26 40 38.2 28.6 48.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 47 32 15 27.2 35.2 18.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 23 16 7 13.3 17.6 8.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 131 77 54 75.7 84.6 65.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 37 14 23 21.4 15.4 28.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 0 2 1.2 - 2.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 1.2 - 2.4
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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.
