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

TABLE IIc
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
NONWHITE MOTHERS 1420 735 685 16 302 461 377 185 70 7 2
                       
Legitimacy                      
Legitimate 376 193 183 0 30 96 139 76 32 3 0
Illegitimate 1040 539 501 15 270 365 237 109 38 4 2
Unknown 4 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
                       
Birth Order                      
First 674 358 316 14 200 219 156 63 20 1 1
Second 302 155 147 1 66 98 80 43 12 2 0
Third 184 101 83 0 13 66 55 37 11 2 0
Fourth 104 52 52 0 5 27 37 25 9 0 1
Fifth 37 12 25 0 0 11 13 7 6 0 0
Sixth 15 6 9 0 0 2 7 2 4 0 0
Seventh 11 7 4 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 0
Eighth 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Ninth 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tenth and over 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Not Stated 87 43 44 1 18 37 24 4 2 1 0
                       
Plural Births                      
Twins 51 21 30 2 5 11 21 10 2 0 0
Quadruplets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                       
Period of Gestation                      
Under 37 weeks 138 71 67 2 35 35 40 20 5 1 0
37-39 weeks 364 185 179 6 68 121 94 54 19 1 1
More than 39 weeks 400 206 194 5 92 131 95 52 22 2 1
Not Stated 518 273 245 3 107 174 148 59 24 3 0
                       
Birth Weight                      
<500 gm 12 5 7 0 5 4 3 0 0 0 0
500-999gm 14 9 5 0 3 3 6 0 2 0 0
1000-1499gm 28 13 15 0 5 12 5 2 3 1 0
1500-1999gm 49 23 26 1 8 8 18 10 3 1 0
2000-2499gm 134 55 79 1 25 35 49 20 4 0 0
2500-2999gm 330 151 179 4 70 110 88 43 12 1 2
3000-3499gm 542 287 255 7 122 186 133 68 24 2 0
3500-3999gm 244 145 99 2 50 79 62 33 16 2 0
4000-4499gm 55 39 16 1 12 22 9 7 4 0 0
4500-4999gm 11 7 4 0 2 2 3 2 2 0 0
5000gm + 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 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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