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

Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 6,223 95.1 287 4.4 33 0.5 6,543 100.0
Low Birthweight
    Total Low Birthweight 408 6.6 37 12.9 2 6.1 447 6.8
Maternal Age
    Mother's < 20 Years 858 13.8 85 29.6 2 6.1 945 14.4
    Mother's < 15 Years 8 0.1 3 1.0 0 0.0 11 0.2
Births with Known
Prenatal Care
    First Trimester 4,792 79.4 173 61.8 22 66.7 4,987 78.6
    Second Trimester 1,026 17.0 82 29.3 8 24.2 1,116 17.6
    Third Trimester 177 2.9 24 8.6 3 9.1 204 3.2
    No Prenatal Care 38 0.6 1 0.4 0 0.0 39 0.6
Gestational Age
    < 37 Weeks 659 10.6 44 15.3 2 6.1 705 10.8
    37+ Weeks 5,306 85.3 225 78.4 31 93.9 5,562 85.0
Unknown 258 4.1 18 6.3 0 0.0 276 4.2
Factor White Black Other Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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