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COUNTY: LOWNDES
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LOWNDES 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 945 443 502 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 482 234 248 51.0 52.8 49.4
FEMALES 463 209 254 49.0 47.2 50.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 163 46 117 17.2 10.4 23.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 170 58 112 18.0 13.1 22.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 96 29 67 10.2 6.5 13.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 426 84 342 45.1 19.0 68.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 142 29 113 15.0 6.5 22.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 0.6 - 1.2
15-19 157 46 111 16.6 10.4 22.1
20-24 285 116 169 30.2 26.2 33.7
25-29 260 141 119 27.5 31.8 23.7
30-34 168 101 67 17.8 22.8 13.3
35-39 59 33 26 6.2 7.4 5.2
40-44 10 6 4 1.0 1.4 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.4 - 0.8
15-19 138 29 109 14.6 6.5 21.7
20-24 167 32 135 17.7 7.2 26.9
25-29 66 14 52 7.0 3.2 10.4
30-34 38 7 31 4.0 1.6 6.2
35-39 11 1 10 1.2 0.2 2.0
40-44 2 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 5 2 0.7 1.1 0.4
7-9 YEARS 60 16 44 6.3 3.6 8.8
10, 11 YEARS 127 29 98 13.4 6.5 19.5
12 YEARS 295 111 184 31.2 25.0 36.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 234 111 123 24.8 25.0 24.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 222 171 51 23.5 38.6 10.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 1 6 0.7 0.2 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 761 400 361 80.5 90.3 71.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 142 32 110 15.0 7.2 21.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 31 10 21 3.3 2.2 4.2
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.
