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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE 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 448 261 187 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 228 124 104 50.9 47.5 55.6
FEMALES 220 137 83 49.1 52.5 44.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 54 16 38 12.0 6.1 20.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 59 26 33 13.2 10.0 17.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 51 23 28 11.4 8.8 15.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 173 39 134 38.6 14.9 71.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 11 37 10.7 4.2 19.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 1.1
15-19 52 16 36 11.6 6.1 19.2
20-24 129 59 70 28.8 22.6 37.4
25-29 123 82 41 27.4 31.4 21.9
30-34 98 66 32 21.9 25.3 17.1
35-39 35 30 5 7.8 11.5 2.7
40-44 7 6 1 1.6 2.3 0.5
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 0.4 0.8 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 1.1
15-19 46 11 35 10.3 4.2 18.7
20-24 73 17 56 16.3 6.5 29.9
25-29 29 7 22 6.5 2.7 11.8
30-34 21 4 17 4.7 1.5 9.1
35-39 2 0 2 0.4 - 1.1
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.5
1-6 YEARS 3 3 0 0.7 1.1 -
7-9 YEARS 21 8 13 4.7 3.1 7.0
10, 11 YEARS 45 19 26 10.0 7.3 13.9
12 YEARS 95 41 54 21.2 15.7 28.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 127 61 66 28.3 23.4 35.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 153 128 25 34.2 49.0 13.4
UNKNOWN 3 1 2 0.7 0.4 1.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 2 6 1.8 0.8 3.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 385 241 144 85.9 92.3 77.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 43 14 29 9.6 5.4 15.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 2 7 2.0 0.8 3.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.7 0.8 0.5
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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.
