(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: SUNFLOWER
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SUNFLOWER 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 557 106 451 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 280 58 222 50.3 54.7 49.2
FEMALES 277 48 229 49.7 45.3 50.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 162 15 147 29.1 14.2 32.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 131 24 107 23.5 22.6 23.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 79 18 61 14.2 17.0 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 397 20 377 71.3 18.9 83.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 10 146 28.0 9.4 32.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 8 0 8 1.4 - 1.8
15-19 154 15 139 27.6 14.2 30.8
20-24 214 32 182 38.4 30.2 40.4
25-29 104 31 73 18.7 29.2 16.2
30-34 58 16 42 10.4 15.1 9.3
35-39 15 9 6 2.7 8.5 1.3
40-44 4 3 1 0.7 2.8 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 8 0 8 1.4 - 1.8
15-19 148 10 138 26.6 9.4 30.6
20-24 168 7 161 30.2 6.6 35.7
25-29 50 1 49 9.0 0.9 10.9
30-34 20 0 20 3.6 - 4.4
35-39 3 2 1 0.5 1.9 0.2
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 5 2 1.2 4.7 0.4
7-9 YEARS 75 9 66 13.5 8.5 14.6
10, 11 YEARS 113 10 103 20.3 9.4 22.8
12 YEARS 178 15 163 32.0 14.2 36.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 113 30 83 20.3 28.3 18.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 71 37 34 12.7 34.9 7.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 1 4 0.9 0.9 0.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 434 99 335 77.9 93.4 74.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 104 6 98 18.7 5.7 21.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 13 0 13 2.3 - 2.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
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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.
