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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF FORREST COUNTY, 2001
*** 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 1,052 578 474 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 535 295 240 50.8 51.0 50.6
FEMALES 517 283 234 49.1 49.0 49.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 191 83 108 18.2 14.4 22.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 156 65 91 14.8 11.2 19.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 107 35 72 10.2 6.0 15.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 497 143 354 47.2 24.7 74.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 155 52 103 14.7 9.0 21.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.4 - 0.8
15-19 187 83 104 17.8 14.4 21.9
20-24 374 186 188 35.6 32.2 39.7
25-29 264 156 108 25.1 27.0 22.8
30-34 146 100 46 13.9 17.3 9.7
35-39 64 43 21 6.1 7.4 4.4
40-44 13 10 3 1.2 1.7 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.4 - 0.8
15-19 151 52 99 14.4 9.0 20.9
20-24 215 60 155 20.4 10.4 32.7
25-29 74 16 58 7.0 2.8 12.2
30-34 33 8 25 3.1 1.4 5.3
35-39 14 4 10 1.3 0.7 2.1
40-44 6 3 3 0.6 0.5 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 5 4 1 0.5 0.7 0.2
1-6 YEARS 19 17 2 1.8 2.9 0.4
7-9 YEARS 66 28 38 6.3 4.8 8.0
10, 11 YEARS 163 61 102 15.5 10.6 21.5
12 YEARS 302 149 153 28.7 25.8 32.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 285 160 125 27.1 27.7 26.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 211 158 53 20.0 27.3 11.2
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 3 4 0.7 0.5 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 887 515 372 84.3 89.1 78.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 127 46 81 12.1 8.0 17.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 26 12 14 2.5 2.1 3.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 2 3 0.5 0.3 0.6
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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.
