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2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT LIVE BIRTHS
Birth Order
The first-birth rate measures the number of first births to mothers in a particular age group. The rate is calculated by dividing
the number of first births to mothers in a particular age group by the total female population in that age group, then multiplying
the quotient by 1,000. It is expressed as the number of first births per 1,000 women in that age group. First-birth rates are
helpful in assessing changes over time in the age at which women begin bearing children.
Counts of 2003 live births by birth order are presented in the following table.
Birth Order
ALL
Race Total Less
than 15
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Table 2.4: Number of Live Births by Birth Order, Age and Race of Mother
Louisiana, 2003
Maternal Age Group
15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44
45
& Older Unk.
Percent of
Live Births
Mean
Age of
Mother
Median
Age of
Mother
ALL +++ 64689 183 9452 21240 16716 11281 4851 909 54 **** 100.0 25.7 24.4
WHITE 37066 31 3899 10851 10423 7923 3317 586 34 **** 57.3 26.7 25.7
BLACK 26024 150 5444 10037 5825 2909 1348 291 19 **** 40.2 24.1 22.5
ALL 25405 180 7362 9034 5077 2697 879 170 6 0 39.3 23.2 21.7
WHITE 15292 31 3235 5340 3792 2107 663 121 **** 0 23.6 24.4 23.0
BLACK 9464 147 4038 3514 1092 458 168 44 **** 0 14.6 21.2 19.8
ALL 20952 **** 1742 7256 5887 4241 1576 238 9 0 32.4 26.4 25.6
WHITE 12809 0 577 3782 3946 3208 1133 156 7 0 19.8 27.4 26.8
BLACK 7613 **** 1147 3357 1782 870 378 74 **** 0 11.8 24.5 22.9
ALL 11194 0 302 3412 3451 2537 1271 207 14 0 17.3 27.7 26.8
WHITE 6084 0 78 1339 1897 1722 903 135 10 0 9.4 29.0 28.6
BLACK 4841 0 222 2031 1472 722 327 64 **** 0 7.5 26.0 24.7
ALL 4358 0 34 1145 1431 1053 571 120 **** 0 6.7 28.6 27.7
WHITE 1970 0 **** 316 604 610 358 75 **** 0 3.0 30.2 29.8
BLACK 2285 0 30 818 800 407 190 39 **** 0 3.5 27.0 25.7
ALL 1526 0 5 291 506 393 245 76 10 0 2.4 29.8 28.8
WHITE 528 0 0 58 119 175 125 46 5 0 0.8 32.0 31.7
BLACK 971 0 5 232 383 203 117 26 5 0 1.5 28.5 27.0
ALL 648 0 **** 71 223 182 133 33 5 0 1.0 30.8 29.8
WHITE 202 0 0 5 40 64 71 19 **** 0 0.3 33.7 33.7
BLACK 433 0 **** 66 181 111 59 13 **** 0 0.7 29.4 28.5
ALL 284 0 0 12 86 84 79 20 **** 0 0.4 32.3 31.8
WHITE 75 0 0 **** 9 25 28 11 **** 0 0.1 34.8 34.7
BLACK 206 0 0 11 76 58 50 9 **** 0 0.3 31.3 30.6
ALL 124 0 0 **** 30 45 33 14 0 0 0.2 33.2 32.6
WHITE 33 0 0 0 **** 6 14 9 0 0 0.1 36.4 35.9
BLACK 87 0 0 **** 26 37 17 5 0 0 0.1 31.9 30.8
ALL 68 0 0 0 7 24 24 13 0 0 0.1 35.1 34.9
WHITE 14 0 0 0 0 **** 6 7 0 0 0.0 39.3 39.7
BLACK 54 0 0 0 7 23 18 6 0 0 0.1 34.1 33.6
+++ All Races contains white, black and other. **** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality.
Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics.
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