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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LAMAR 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 624 515 109 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 314 265 49 50.3 51.4 45.0
FEMALES 310 250 60 49.7 48.5 55.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 84 68 16 13.5 13.2 14.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 85 63 22 13.6 12.2 20.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 53 34 19 8.5 6.6 17.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 145 82 63 23.2 15.9 57.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 30 16 7.4 5.8 14.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.9
15-19 83 68 15 13.3 13.2 13.8
20-24 161 129 32 25.8 25.0 29.4
25-29 182 144 38 29.2 28.0 34.9
30-34 126 113 13 20.2 21.9 11.9
35-39 60 51 9 9.6 9.9 8.2
40-44 11 10 1 1.8 1.9 0.9
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.9
15-19 45 30 15 7.2 5.8 13.8
20-24 53 29 24 8.5 5.6 22.0
25-29 23 9 14 3.7 1.7 12.8
30-34 15 10 5 2.4 1.9 4.6
35-39 5 2 3 0.8 0.4 2.8
40-44 3 2 1 0.5 0.4 0.9
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 3 1 0.6 0.6 0.9
7-9 YEARS 37 34 3 5.9 6.6 2.8
10, 11 YEARS 55 44 11 8.8 8.5 10.1
12 YEARS 158 129 29 25.3 25.0 26.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 168 130 38 26.9 25.2 34.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 202 175 27 32.4 34.0 24.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 4 3 1.1 0.8 2.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 544 468 76 87.2 90.9 69.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 58 35 23 9.3 6.8 21.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 13 6 7 2.1 1.2 6.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
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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.
