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COUNTY: LEFLORE
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE 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 635 126 509 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 339 63 276 53.4 50.0 54.2
FEMALES 296 63 233 46.6 50.0 45.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 160 11 149 25.2 8.7 29.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 103 14 89 16.2 11.1 17.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 75 8 67 11.8 6.3 13.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 448 18 430 70.6 14.3 84.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 151 4 147 23.8 3.2 28.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 1.1 - 1.4
15-19 153 11 142 24.1 8.7 27.9
20-24 234 35 199 36.8 27.8 39.1
25-29 132 39 93 20.8 31.0 18.3
30-34 77 31 46 12.1 24.6 9.0
35-39 24 9 15 3.8 7.1 2.9
40-44 8 1 7 1.3 0.8 1.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 1.1 - 1.4
15-19 144 4 140 22.7 3.2 27.5
20-24 188 8 180 29.6 6.3 35.4
25-29 75 3 72 11.8 2.4 14.1
30-34 22 2 20 3.5 1.6 3.9
35-39 8 1 7 1.3 0.8 1.4
40-44 4 0 4 0.6 - 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 1 2 0.5 0.8 0.4
7-9 YEARS 67 12 55 10.6 9.5 10.8
10, 11 YEARS 148 16 132 23.3 12.7 25.9
12 YEARS 203 27 176 32.0 21.4 34.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 137 25 112 21.6 19.8 22.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 76 44 32 12.0 34.9 6.3
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.8 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 12 1 11 1.9 0.8 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 374 104 270 58.9 82.5 53.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 203 17 186 32.0 13.5 36.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 37 3 34 5.8 2.4 6.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 9 1 8 1.4 0.8 1.6
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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.
