Birth Characteristics by Resident County
2010

Resident County Total
Births		 Low Birth
Weight
(<2,500 grams)		 Very Low Birth
Weight
(<1,500 grams)		 Preterm
(<37 weeks)		 Cesarean
Section **		 Mother
Unmarried		 Not H.S.
Graduate,
Age 20+ **
Births Percent Births Percent Births Percent Births Percent Births Percent Births Percent
ILLINOIS 164,998 13,706 8.3 2,609 1.6 16,928 10.3 51,197 31.1 66,787 40.5 20,975 14.1
Adams 812 49 6.0 7 * 81 10.0 211 26.2 323 39.8 47 6.4
Alexander 96 12 * 1 * 11 * 28 * 73 * 6 *
Bond 190 12 6.3 4 * 18 9.5 62 32.8 63 33.2 9 *
Boone 636 52 8.2 12 1.9 76 11.9 224 35.2 259 40.7 117 20.2
Brown 44 1 * 0 -0- 2 * 7 * 14 * 3 *
Bureau 330 13 3.9 3 * 22 6.7 92 27.9 120 36.4 34 11.6
Calhoun 55 4 * 0 -0- 4 * 16 * 19 * 4 *
Carroll 149 18 12.1 4 * 17 11.4 49 32.9 54 36.2 13 9.8
Cass 173 11 6.4 2 * 14 8.1 55 31.8 87 50.3 36 24.2
Champaign 2,345 207 8.8 56 2.4 234 10.0 733 31.3 913 38.9 191 8.9
Christian 355 33 9.3 6 * 35 9.9 132 37.4 153 43.1 39 12.4
Clark 197 10 5.1 1 * 14 7.1 63 32.1 80 40.6 11 6.5
Clay 166 13 7.8 3 * 16 9.6 55 33.1 62 37.3 10 6.9
Clinton 384 27 7.0 4 * 41 10.7 106 27.9 127 33.1 31 8.8
Coles 520 34 6.5 5 * 40 7.7 141 27.2 223 42.9 37 8.1
Cook 72,995 6,614 9.1 1,311 1.8 7,597 10.4 21,414 29.4 32,542 44.6 11,064 17.0
Chicago 42,805 4,101 9.6 824 1.9 4,517 10.6 11,902 27.9 21,788 50.9 7,498 20.1
Suburban Cook 30,190 2,513 8.3 487 1.6 3,080 10.2 9,512 31.6 10,754 35.6 3,566 12.9
Crawford 214 22 10.3 7 * 28 13.1 89 42.0 89 41.6 19 10.1
Cumberland 117 9 * 0 -0- 11 9.4 39 33.3 33 28.2 6 *
DeKalb 1,272 70 5.5 12 0.9 130 10.2 433 34.0 456 35.8 126 10.5
DeWitt 176 12 6.8 2 * 14 8.0 60 34.1 71 40.3 12 7.5
Douglas 255 20 7.8 0 -0- 29 11.4 75 29.4 72 28.2 61 25.7
DuPage 10,783 793 7.4 123 1.1 982 9.1 3,334 31.0 2,546 23.6 1,011 9.9
Edgar 198 18 9.1 2 * 26 13.1 60 30.3 88 44.4 18 10.6
Edwards 66 4 * 1 * 6 * 29 * 22 * 4 *
Effingham 451 40 8.9 9 * 53 11.8 144 32.1 145 32.2 30 7.4
Fayette 244 23 9.4 1 * 26 10.7 77 31.7 116 47.5 41 19.1
Ford 149 13 8.7 1 * 20 13.4 52 34.9 50 33.6 7 *
Franklin 452 43 9.5 10 2.2 59 13.1 127 28.3 197 43.6 55 14.0
Fulton 374 27 7.2 9 * 43 11.5 127 34.0 169 45.2 31 9.2
Gallatin 65 8 * 1 * 5 * 16 * 34 * 4 *
Greene 149 13 8.7 5 * 18 12.1 43 29.1 61 40.9 17 12.8
Grundy 649 61 9.4 14 2.2 83 12.8 232 35.7 203 31.3 28 4.6
Hamilton 103 7 * 0 -0- 10 9.7 39 37.9 39 37.9 15 *
Hancock 196 6 * 0 -0- 12 6.1 74 37.8 65 33.2 9 *
Hardin 42 2 * 0 -0- 3 * 10 * 16 * 6 *
Henderson 58 4 * 1 * 5 * 18 * 31 * 7 *
Henry 556 28 5.0 3 * 41 7.4 176 31.7 189 34.0 49 9.5
Iroquois 310 25 8.1 6 * 25 8.1 112 36.1 129 41.6 31 11.0
Jackson 695 54 7.8 10 1.4 59 8.5 160 23.1 310 44.6 57 9.3
Jasper 136 18 13.2 6 * 26 19.1 42 30.9 32 23.5 7 *
Jefferson 484 47 9.7 14 2.9 57 11.8 152 31.7 237 49.0 63 15.5
Jersey 220 20 9.1 3 * 24 10.9 60 28.0 85 38.6 16 8.1
Jo Daviess 179 10 5.6 1 * 9 * 57 31.8 58 32.4 11 6.4
Johnson 112 9 * 4 * 12 10.7 31 27.9 42 37.5 16 15.8
Kane 7,232 517 7.1 89 1.2 770 10.6 2,421 33.6 2,689 37.2 1,420 21.6
Kankakee 1,433 107 7.5 21 1.5 152 10.6 453 31.7 722 50.4 162 13.0
Kendall 1,789 150 8.4 27 1.5 221 12.4 640 35.8 334 18.7 55 3.2
Knox 494 40 8.1 9 * 46 9.3 142 28.7 276 55.9 48 11.5
Lake 8,430 646 7.7 122 1.4 787 9.3 2,940 34.9 2,794 33.1 1,247 16.1
LaSalle 1,259 86 6.8 13 1.0 137 10.9 373 29.7 524 41.6 137 12.3
Lawrence 160 11 6.9 3 * 17 10.6 51 31.9 66 41.3 17 12.1
Lee 343 12 3.5 1 * 22 6.4 116 33.8 152 44.3 24 7.7
Livingston 460 32 7.0 3 * 48 10.4 167 36.3 217 47.2 53 12.8
Logan 306 16 5.2 2 * 27 8.8 96 31.4 135 44.1 29 10.5
McDonough 288 19 6.6 4 * 30 10.4 89 30.9 113 39.2 22 8.6
McHenry 3,427 266 7.8 55 1.6 387 11.3 1,192 34.8 922 26.9 317 9.8
McLean 2,121 158 7.4 30 1.4 250 11.8 783 37.0 675 31.8 128 6.5
Macon 1,424 125 8.8 21 1.5 160 11.2 534 37.6 806 56.6 170 14.2
Macoupin 509 37 7.3 1 * 40 7.9 133 26.5 214 42.0 53 11.4
Madison 3,221 260 8.1 48 1.5 334 10.4 997 31.8 1,319 41.0 278 9.6
Marion 487 38 7.8 5 * 45 9.2 155 32.2 249 51.1 74 18.0
Marshall 122 4 * 0 -0- 7 * 44 36.1 49 40.2 11 10.6
Mason 165 13 7.9 4 * 17 10.3 54 32.7 87 52.7 16 11.4
Massac 175 14 8.0 3 * 18 10.3 45 25.7 82 46.9 22 14.7
Menard 135 2 * 0 -0- 8 * 24 17.8 43 31.9 12 9.7
Mercer 166 9 * 3 * 14 8.4 32 19.3 61 36.7 7 *
Monroe 343 21 6.1 3 * 38 11.1 109 35.9 87 25.4 9 *
Montgomery 302 21 7.0 2 * 26 8.6 75 25.0 132 43.7 31 11.2
Morgan 385 26 6.8 4 * 32 8.3 126 32.7 184 47.8 28 8.1
Moultrie 201 13 6.5 4 * 18 9.0 46 23.0 58 28.9 53 28.3
Ogle 566 52 9.2 14 2.5 68 12.0 171 30.2 239 42.2 57 11.4
Peoria 2,565 207 8.1 42 1.6 289 11.3 851 33.2 1,213 47.3 252 11.2
Perry 186 18 9.7 3 * 20 10.8 49 26.6 86 46.2 22 13.8
Piatt 157 9 * 2 * 15 9.6 48 30.6 42 26.8 4 *
Pike 182 12 6.6 2 * 13 7.1 38 21.3 75 41.2 15 9.1
Pope 28 1 * 1 * 1 * 10 * 9 * 4 *
Pulaski 61 5 * 0 -0- 8 * 12 * 39 * 8 *
Putnam 49 1 * 0 -0- 1 * 12 * 25 * 7 *
Randolph 349 22 6.3 4 * 28 8.0 102 31.0 144 41.3 40 13.4
Richland 190 17 8.9 0 -0- 15 7.9 58 30.5 68 35.8 13 8.0
Rock Island 1,934 152 7.9 28 1.4 207 10.7 598 30.9 906 46.8 261 15.3
St. Clair 3,500 323 9.2 56 1.6 346 9.9 1,085 32.0 1,764 50.4 335 10.8
Saline 291 31 10.7 2 * 27 9.3 78 27.0 127 43.6 47 18.8
Sangamon 2,479 242 9.8 35 1.4 283 11.4 700 28.2 1,161 46.8 229 10.3
Schuyler 71 5 * 2 * 9 * 24 * 31 * 6 *
Scott 43 1 * 0 -0- 2 * 7 * 19 * 2 *
Shelby 227 14 6.2 2 * 24 10.6 76 33.5 81 35.7 13 6.5
Stark 72 5 * 0 -0- 5 * 21 * 24 * 8 *
Stephenson 487 44 9.0 4 * 48 9.9 166 34.1 252 51.7 58 14.1
Tazewell 1,605 102 6.4 20 1.2 153 9.5 508 31.7 533 33.2 103 6.9
Union 184 15 8.2 2 * 16 8.7 52 28.7 69 37.5 17 10.8
Vermilion 1,099 108 9.8 17 1.5 126 11.5 333 30.3 606 55.1 170 18.0
Wabash 135 10 7.4 1 * 18 13.3 52 38.8 51 37.8 9 *
Warren 207 8 * 1 * 16 7.7 56 27.5 93 44.9 40 22.3
Washington 142 7 * 2 * 8 * 41 29.3 46 32.4 8 *
Wayne 201 18 9.0 3 * 22 10.9 61 30.7 61 30.3 30 16.2
White 175 13 7.4 4 * 16 9.1 58 33.3 70 40.0 18 11.8
Whiteside 703 34 4.8 6 * 45 6.4 213 30.3 334 47.5 66 10.7
Will 8,572 650 7.6 138 1.6 822 9.6 2,930 34.2 2,631 30.7 699 8.8
Williamson 795 66 8.3 10 1.3 85 10.7 225 28.5 326 41.0 45 6.5
Winnebago 3,758 328 8.7 63 1.7 450 12.0 1,334 35.5 1,861 49.5 541 16.3
Woodford 417 27 6.5 4 * 52 12.5 129 30.9 104 24.9 15 3.8

Note: The sum of certain variables may not equal the total due to unknown geography and/or demographics..
 
* Rate or percentage does not meet standards of reliability (numerator <10 or denominator <100)
-0- Percentage zero corresponding to '0' in frequency column
** Uknowns excluded from denominator when calculating percentage



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