NATALITY DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4.
 LIVE BIRTHS BY AGE, MARITAL STATUS AND RACE OF MOTHER:  UNITED STATES, 1993

 (RESIDENT BIRTHS ONLY, EXCLUDES BIRTHS TO NONRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES)
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                       |
                       |                 AGE OF MOTHER
      MARITAL STATUS   |
           AND         |___________________________________________________
      RACE OF MOTHER   |           |         |         |         |
                       |  ALL      | UNDER 15|  15-19  |  20-24  |  25-29
                       |  AGES     |  YEARS  |  YEARS  |  YEARS  |  YEARS
                       |           |         |         |         |
 ______________________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________
                       |           |         |         |         |
 ALL RACES.............| 4,000,240 |  12,554 | 501,093 |1,038,127|1,128,862
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........| 2,760,068 |   1,087 | 143,661 |  599,589|  895,086
      UNMARRIED........| 1,240,172 |  11,467 | 357,432 |  438,538|  233,776
                       |           |         |         |         |
 WHITE.................| 3,149,833 |   5,755 | 341,817 |  790,154|  920,772
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........| 2,407,704 |     887 | 128,737 |  526,616|  780,867
      UNMARRIED........|   742,129 |   4,868 | 213,080 |  263,538|  139,905
                       |           |         |         |         |
 ALL OTHER.............|   850,407 |   6,799 | 159,276 |  247,973|  208,090
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........|   352,364 |     200 |  14,924 |   72,973|  114,219
      UNMARRIED........|   498,043 |   6,599 | 144,352 |  175,000|   93,871
                       |           |         |         |         |
 BLACK.................|   658,875 |   6,417 | 143,153 |  208,149|  151,566
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........|   206,399 |     124 |  10,122 |   48,551|   66,962
      UNMARRIED........|   452,476 |   6,293 | 133,031 |  159,598|   84,604
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                      NATALITY DOCUMENTATION TABLE 4.
 LIVE BIRTHS BY AGE, MARITAL STATUS AND RACE OF MOTHER:  UNITED STATES, 1993

 (RESIDENT BIRTHS ONLY, EXCLUDES BIRTHS TO NONRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES)
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                       |
                       |                 AGE OF MOTHER
      MARITAL STATUS   |
           AND         |___________________________________________________
      RACE OF MOTHER   |           |         |         |         |
                       |  ALL      |  30-34  |  35-39  |  40-44  |  45-49
                       |  AGES     |  YEARS  |  YEARS  |  YEARS  |  YEARS
                       |           |         |         |         |
 ______________________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________
                       |           |         |         |         |
 ALL RACES.............| 4,000,240 | 901,151 | 357,053 |   59,071|    2,329
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........| 2,760,068 | 768,888 | 301,483 |   48,402|    1,872
      UNMARRIED........| 1,240,172 | 132,263 |  55,570 |   10,669|      457
                       |           |         |         |         |
 WHITE.................| 3,149,833 | 749,446 | 292,693 |   47,386|    1,810
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........| 2,407,704 | 670,310 | 258,410 |   40,377|    1,500
      UNMARRIED........|   742,129 |  79,136 |  34,283 |    7,009|      310
                       |           |         |         |         |
 ALL OTHER.............|   850,407 | 151,705 |  64,360 |   11,685|      519
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........|   352,364 |  98,578 |  43,073 |    8,025|      372
      UNMARRIED........|   498,043 |  53,127 |  21,287 |    3,660|      147
                       |           |         |         |         |
 BLACK.................|   658,875 | 100,966 |  41,348 |    7,029|      247
                       |           |         |         |         |
      MARRIED..........|   206,399 |  53,636 |  22,822 |    4,040|      142
      UNMARRIED........|   452,476 |  47,330 |  18,526 |    2,989|      105
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