1989 Annual Report of Vital Statistics Department of Health, City of New Haven
 

TABLE IIa
Resident Live Births by Race, Marital Status, Birth Order
Plural Births, Period of Gestation, and Birth Weight
By Age of Mother and Sex of Child
New Haven: 1989

    Sex                
  Total Male Female Under 15 Years 15-19 Years 20-24 Years 25-29 Years 30-34 Years 35-39 Years 40-44 Years Unknown
ALL LIVE BIRTHS 2540 1336 1204 20 437 723 688 461 173 34 4
                       
Legitimacy                      
Legitimate 1042 558 484 2 58 224 357 285 96 20 0
Illegitimate 1491 774 717 17 377 498 328 176 77 14 4
Unknown 7 4 3 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
                       
Birth Order                      
First 1254 677 577 18 282 353 328 197 62 13 1
Second 581 310 271 1 93 157 150 130 42 8 0
Third 322 167 155 0 23 108 89 65 30 7 0
Fourth 148 74 74 0 8 35 51 38 13 2 1
Fifth 52 20 32 0 0 15 19 10 7 1 0
Sixth 16 6 10 0 1 2 7 2 4 0 0
Seventh 12 7 5 0 0 0 5 3 4 0 0
Eighth 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Ninth 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Tenth and over 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Not Stated 148 74 74 1 30 52 38 15 8 2 2
                       
Plural Births                      
Twins 67 30 37 2 7 15 25 12 6 0 0
Quadruplets 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
                       
Period of Gestation                      
Under 37 weeks 188 102 86 2 40 43 58 29 14 2 0
37-39 weeks 614 316 298 7 104 172 163 116 41 10 1
More than 39 weeks 865 450 415 7 133 234 228 179 70 12 2
Not Stated 873 468 405 4 160 274 239 137 48 10 1
                       
Birth Weight                      
<500 gm 14 5 9 0 6 4 3 1 0 0 0
500-999gm 15 10 5 0 3 3 6 1 2 0 0
1000-1499gm 31 15 16 0 5 12 6 3 3 2 0
1500-1999gm 69 37 32 1 11 15 24 12 5 1 0
2000-2499gm 180 74 106 1 31 44 59 30 15 0 0
2500-2999gm 534 245 289 5 108 159 144 87 24 5 2
3000-3499gm 952 502 450 8 174 289 239 167 64 10 1
3500-3999gm 576 335 241 3 78 153 163 123 46 9 1
4000-4499gm 136 92 44 2 18 39 30 32 8 7 0
4500-4999gm 30 18 12 0 3 5 12 4 6 0 0
5000gm + 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0

 
This document was digitized on March 15, 1999 by Andrew Swan as part of the New Haven Health Project.
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