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

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 7,343 91.4 651 8.1 39 0.5 8,033 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 644 8.8 87 13.4 5 12.8 736 9.2
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 1,448 19.7 189 29.0 4 10.3 1,641 20.4
    Mother's < 15 Years 20 0.3 4 0.6 0 0.0 24 0.3
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 5,225 72.6 322 51.2 30 78.9 5,577 70.9
    Second Trimester 1,517 21.1 216 34.3 7 18.4 1,740 22.1
    Third Trimester 397 5.5 76 12.1 1 2.6 474 6.0
    No Prenatal Care 55 0.8 15 2.4 0 0.0 70 0.9
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 1,039 14.1 117 18.0 4 10.3 1,160 14.4
    37+ Weeks 6,030 82.1 504 77.4 33 84.6 6,567 81.8
Unknown 274 3.7 30 4.6 2 5.1 306 3.8
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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