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Selected Factors by Race of Mother
Boone County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 3,199 99.4 17 0.5 1 0.0 3,217 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 267 8.3 4 23.5 0 0.0 271 8.4
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 705 22.0 1 5.9 0 0.0 706 21.9
    Mother's < 15 Years 10 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 0.3
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 2,106 71.3 9 52.9 0 0.0 2,115 71.2
    Second Trimester 738 25.0 6 35.3 1 100.0 745 25.1
    Third Trimester 87 2.9 2 11.8 0 0.0 89 3.0
    No Prenatal Care 23 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 0.8
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 361 11.3 4 23.5 0 0.0 365 11.3
    37+ Weeks 2,665 83.3 13 76.5 1 100.0 2,679 83.3
Unknown 173 5.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 173 5.4
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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