(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: HANCOCK
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 578 519 59 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 276 246 30 47.8 47.4 50.8
FEMALES 302 273 29 52.2 52.6 49.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 91 78 13 15.7 15.0 22.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 91 80 11 15.7 15.4 18.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 53 48 5 9.2 9.2 8.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 214 176 38 37.0 33.9 64.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 62 13 13.0 11.9 22.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 1.7
15-19 90 78 12 15.6 15.0 20.3
20-24 189 164 25 32.7 31.6 42.4
25-29 143 131 12 24.7 25.2 20.3
30-34 86 82 4 14.9 15.8 6.8
35-39 54 51 3 9.3 9.8 5.1
40-44 13 11 2 2.2 2.1 3.4
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 1.7
15-19 74 62 12 12.8 11.9 20.3
20-24 89 69 20 15.4 13.3 33.9
25-29 28 26 2 4.8 5.0 3.4
30-34 8 7 1 1.4 1.3 1.7
35-39 11 10 1 1.9 1.9 1.7
40-44 3 2 1 0.5 0.4 1.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
7-9 YEARS 45 40 5 7.8 7.7 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 94 82 12 16.3 15.8 20.3
12 YEARS 180 161 19 31.1 31.0 32.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 155 142 13 26.8 27.4 22.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 103 93 10 17.8 17.9 16.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 6 1 1.2 1.2 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 493 446 47 85.3 85.9 79.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 67 57 10 11.6 11.0 16.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 6 1 1.2 1.2 1.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 4 0 0.7 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.
