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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK 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 532 488 44 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 281 255 26 52.8 52.2 59.1
FEMALES 251 233 18 47.2 47.7 40.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 90 81 9 16.9 16.6 20.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 92 82 10 17.3 16.8 22.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 53 45 8 10.0 9.2 18.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 202 169 33 38.0 34.6 75.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 60 9 13.0 12.3 20.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.4 0.4 -
15-19 88 79 9 16.5 16.2 20.4
20-24 147 129 18 27.6 26.4 40.9
25-29 131 124 7 24.6 25.4 15.9
30-34 104 98 6 19.5 20.1 13.6
35-39 43 40 3 8.1 8.2 6.8
40-44 16 15 1 3.0 3.1 2.3
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.4 0.4 -
15-19 67 58 9 12.6 11.9 20.4
20-24 75 60 15 14.1 12.3 34.1
25-29 29 25 4 5.4 5.1 9.1
30-34 20 16 4 3.8 3.3 9.1
35-39 7 6 1 1.3 1.2 2.3
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 0.4 0.2 2.3
7-9 YEARS 51 48 3 9.6 9.8 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 82 75 7 15.4 15.4 15.9
12 YEARS 173 154 19 32.5 31.6 43.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 121 112 9 22.7 23.0 20.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 102 97 5 19.2 19.9 11.4
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 3 1 0.8 0.6 2.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 472 438 34 88.7 89.8 77.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 44 39 5 8.3 8.0 11.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 4 4 1.5 0.8 9.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 4 0 0.8 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.
