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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE 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 579 133 446 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 283 61 222 48.9 45.9 49.8
FEMALES 296 72 224 51.1 54.1 50.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 131 18 113 22.6 13.5 25.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 95 19 76 16.4 14.3 17.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 61 10 51 10.5 7.5 11.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 413 32 381 71.3 24.1 85.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 126 13 113 21.8 9.8 25.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 1.0 - 1.3
15-19 125 18 107 21.6 13.5 24.0
20-24 228 42 186 39.4 31.6 41.7
25-29 130 41 89 22.4 30.8 20.0
30-34 60 24 36 10.4 18.0 8.1
35-39 26 8 18 4.5 6.0 4.0
40-44 3 0 3 0.5 - 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 1.0 - 1.3
15-19 120 13 107 20.7 9.8 24.0
20-24 189 16 173 32.6 12.0 38.8
25-29 65 2 63 11.2 1.5 14.1
30-34 22 1 21 3.8 0.8 4.7
35-39 9 0 9 1.6 - 2.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.2
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 10 4 6 1.7 3.0 1.3
7-9 YEARS 41 10 31 7.1 7.5 7.0
10, 11 YEARS 129 23 106 22.3 17.3 23.8
12 YEARS 198 25 173 34.2 18.8 38.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 113 29 84 19.5 21.8 18.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 86 42 44 14.8 31.6 9.9
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 0.3 - 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 13 1 12 2.2 0.8 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 366 117 249 63.2 88.0 55.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 150 11 139 25.9 8.3 31.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 31 2 29 5.4 1.5 6.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 19 2 17 3.3 1.5 3.8
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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.
