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Jefferson County

1991 - 1995

Births by Age Distribution and Age-Specific Fertility Rates
Age Group
1991-95
Number of Births

Percent of Total Births
Fertility Rates**

1991-95
County

1993
U.S.
% Differnce
From U.S



SI*


County
Rank
10-14 7 0.3 0.4 1.5 TS TS 19
15-17 115 4.6 32.0 39.1 -18.1 * 24
18-19 236 9.4 61.8 82.2 -24.8 * 48
20+ 2,153 85.5 33.0 37.6 -12.3 * 2
Total 2,517 100.0 27.6 31.4 -12.1 * 3
Teens (15-19) 351 13.9 47.4 57.9 -18.2 * 43
Childbearing Ages (15-44) 2,503 99.4 57.0 68.0 -16.2 * 13


* An asterick (*) indicates a statistically significant difference from the U.S. rate.
** Fertility rates are per 1,000 age-specific population.
TS = Number is too small for a valid comparison.

Health Statistics Center
Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health Comments


See Introduction for explanation of tables.

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Last updated 08/06/97.