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DISTRICT: VIII
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT VIII, 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 4,282 2,625 1,657 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,234 1,392 842 52.2 53.0 50.8
FEMALES 2,048 1,233 815 47.8 47.0 49.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 818 394 424 19.1 15.0 25.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 644 326 318 15.0 12.4 19.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 448 209 239 10.5 8.0 14.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,771 538 1,233 41.4 20.5 74.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 616 209 407 14.4 8.0 24.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 28 4 24 0.6 0.2 1.4
15-19 790 390 400 18.4 14.8 24.1
20-24 1,475 824 651 34.4 31.4 39.3
25-29 1,104 776 328 25.8 29.6 19.8
30-34 597 431 166 13.9 16.4 10.0
35-39 239 169 70 5.6 6.4 4.2
40-44 48 30 18 1.1 1.1 1.1
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # # -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 28 4 24 0.6 0.2 1.4
15-19 588 205 383 13.7 7.8 23.1
20-24 718 185 533 16.8 7.0 32.2
25-29 262 82 180 6.1 3.1 10.9
30-34 116 45 71 2.7 1.7 4.3
35-39 44 14 30 1.0 0.5 1.8
40-44 15 3 12 0.4 0.1 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 1 0 # # -
1-6 YEARS 34 28 6 0.8 1.1 0.4
7-9 YEARS 323 200 123 7.5 7.6 7.4
10, 11 YEARS 703 352 351 16.4 13.4 21.2
12 YEARS 1,368 746 622 31.9 28.4 37.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,152 734 418 26.9 28.0 25.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 697 562 135 16.3 21.4 8.1
UNKNOWN 4 2 2 0.1 0.1 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 41 12 29 1.0 0.4 1.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,619 2,371 1,248 84.5 90.3 75.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 508 203 305 11.9 7.7 18.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 77 22 55 1.8 0.8 3.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 37 17 20 0.9 0.6 1.2
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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.



