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

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 3,375 97.2 83 2.4 15 0.4 3,473 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 240 7.1 12 14.5 0 0.0 252 7.3
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 418 12.4 20 24.1 0 0.0 438 12.6
    Mother's < 15 Years 3 0.1 1 1.2 0 0.0 4 0.1
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 2,763 82.5 49 59.8 10 66.7 2,822 81.8
    Second Trimester 471 14.1 27 32.9 2 13.3 500 14.5
    Third Trimester 86 2.6 2 2.4 3 20.0 91 2.6
    No Prenatal Care 31 0.9 4 4.9 0 0.0 35 1.0
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 357 10.6 16 19.3 1 6.7 374 10.8
    37+ Weeks 2,878 85.3 60 72.3 14 93.3 2,952 85.0
Unknown 140 4.1 7 8.4 0 0.0 147 4.2
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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