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COUNTY: FORREST
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST 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 1,092 614 478 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 584 325 259 53.5 52.9 54.2
FEMALES 508 289 219 46.5 47.1 45.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 206 91 115 18.9 14.8 24.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 172 74 98 15.8 12.0 20.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 113 45 68 10.3 7.3 14.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 488 144 344 44.7 23.4 72.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 54 110 15.0 8.8 23.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 1 6 0.6 0.2 1.2
15-19 199 90 109 18.2 14.6 22.8
20-24 364 172 192 33.3 28.0 40.2
25-29 284 190 94 26.0 30.9 19.7
30-34 159 109 50 14.6 17.8 10.5
35-39 68 46 22 6.2 7.5 4.6
40-44 11 6 5 1.0 1.0 1.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 7 1 6 0.6 0.2 1.2
15-19 157 53 104 14.4 8.6 21.8
20-24 199 46 153 18.2 7.5 32.0
25-29 78 30 48 7.1 4.9 10.0
30-34 29 9 20 2.6 1.5 4.2
35-39 12 4 8 1.1 0.6 1.7
40-44 6 1 5 0.5 0.2 1.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 5 4 1 0.4 0.6 0.2
7-9 YEARS 83 39 44 7.6 6.4 9.2
10, 11 YEARS 172 76 96 15.8 12.4 20.1
12 YEARS 283 145 138 25.9 23.6 28.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 310 176 134 28.4 28.7 28.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 238 174 64 21.8 28.3 13.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.1 - 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 14 4 10 1.3 0.6 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 907 561 346 83.0 91.4 72.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 141 45 96 12.9 7.3 20.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 26 4 22 2.4 0.6 4.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 0 4 0.4 - 0.8
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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.
