(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: LAMAR
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 600 489 111 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 308 260 48 51.3 53.2 43.2
FEMALES 292 229 63 48.7 46.8 56.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 70 51 19 11.7 10.4 17.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 104 76 28 17.3 15.5 25.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 59 40 19 9.8 8.2 17.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 128 62 66 21.3 12.7 59.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 20 18 6.3 4.1 16.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.3 - 1.8
15-19 68 51 17 11.3 10.4 15.3
20-24 161 123 38 26.8 25.2 34.2
25-29 193 165 28 32.2 33.7 25.2
30-34 123 102 21 20.5 20.8 18.9
35-39 44 40 4 7.3 8.2 3.6
40-44 9 8 1 1.5 1.6 0.9
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.3 - 1.8
15-19 36 20 16 6.0 4.1 14.4
20-24 59 27 32 9.8 5.5 28.8
25-29 16 5 11 2.7 1.0 9.9
30-34 14 10 4 2.3 2.0 3.6
35-39 0 0 0 - - -
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.9
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 5 3 2 0.8 0.6 1.8
7-9 YEARS 31 28 3 5.2 5.7 2.7
10, 11 YEARS 58 45 13 9.7 9.2 11.7
12 YEARS 142 107 35 23.7 21.9 31.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 171 138 33 28.5 28.2 29.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 191 166 25 31.8 33.9 22.5
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 0.7 0.2 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 534 451 83 89.0 92.2 74.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 52 30 22 8.7 6.1 19.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 3 2 0.8 0.6 1.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 4 1 0.8 0.8 0.9
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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.
