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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS BY RACE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 2001
--------------- Race of Mother ---------------
Total White Black Other
No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct
Total 36,982 100.0 28,400 100.0 7,414 100.0 1E3 100.0
A. Age of Mother
<15 YEARS 109 0.3 51 0.2 56 0.8 2 0.2
15-17 YEARS 1,804 4.9 1,105 3.9 649 8.8 49 4.3
18-19 YEARS 4,139 11.2 2,860 10.1 1,179 15.9 98 8.5
20-24 YEARS 12,866 34.8 9,556 33.6 2,987 40.3 317 27.6
25-29 YEARS 9,521 25.7 7,731 27.2 1,449 19.5 335 29.2
30-34 YEARS 5,866 15.9 4,927 17.3 701 9.5 236 20.6
35-39 YEARS 2,232 6.0 1,808 6.4 327 4.4 96 8.4
40-59 YEARS 443 1.2 360 1.3 66 0.9 15 1.3
UNKNOWN 2 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
B. Education of Mother
0-8 YEARS 1,629 4.4 1,325 4.7 149 2.0 154 13.4
9-11 YEARS 6,502 17.6 4,558 16.0 1,740 23.5 204 17.8
12 YEARS 14,934 40.4 10,989 38.7 3,571 48.2 371 32.3
13-15 YEARS 7,490 20.3 5,885 20.7 1,414 19.1 191 16.6
16+ YEARS 6,165 16.7 5,467 19.3 483 6.5 215 18.7
UNKNOWN 262 0.7 176 0.6 57 0.8 13 1.1
C. Marital Status
Married 23,463 63.4 20,943 73.7 1,755 23.7 749 65.2
Unmarried 13,375 36.2 7,340 25.8 5,637 76.0 396 34.5
Unknown 144 0.4 117 0.4 22 0.3 3 0.3
D. Sex of Child
Male 18,965 51.3 14,567 51.3 3,803 51.3 587 51.1
Female 18,017 48.7 13,833 48.7 3,611 48.7 561 48.9
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