SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI , 1995
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 41,332 21,571 19,761 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 20,938 11,046 9,892 50.6 51.2 50.0
FEMALES 20,394 10,525 9,869 49.3 48.8 49.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 9,185 3,294 5,891 22.2 15.3 29.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 6,174 2,357 3,817 14.9 10.9 19.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 4,060 1,505 2,555 9.8 7.0 12.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18,744 4,053 14,691 45.4 18.8 74.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 7,319 1,602 5,717 17.7 7.4 28.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 337 49 288 0.8 0.2 1.4
15-19 8,848 3,245 5,603 21.4 15.0 28.4
20-24 13,430 6,649 6,781 32.5 30.8 34.3
25-29 9,723 6,060 3,663 23.5 28.1 18.5
30-34 6,241 3,993 2,248 15.1 18.5 11.4
35-39 2,338 1,363 975 5.6 6.3 4.9
40-44 393 204 189 1.0 0.9 1.0
45 AND OVER 14 5 9 # # #
UNKNOWN 8 3 5 # # #
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 326 40 286 0.8 0.2 1.4
15-19 6,993 1,562 5,431 16.9 7.2 27.5
20-24 6,842 1,413 5,429 16.6 6.6 27.5
25-29 2,679 631 2,048 6.5 2.9 10.4
30-34 1,297 285 1,012 3.1 1.3 5.1
35-39 508 104 404 1.2 0.5 2.0
40-44 95 17 78 0.2 0.1 0.4
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # # 0.0
UNKNOWN 3 0 3 # 0.0 #
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 2 1 1 # # #
1-6 YEARS 289 131 158 0.7 0.6 0.8
7-9 YEARS 4,001 1,883 2,118 9.7 8.7 10.7
10, 11 YEARS 6,910 2,600 4,310 16.7 12.0 21.8
12 YEARS 14,043 6,695 7,348 34.0 31.0 37.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,043 5,720 4,323 24.3 26.5 21.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 5,949 4,508 1,441 14.4 20.9 7.3
UNKNOWN 95 33 62 0.2 0.2 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 579 120 459 1.4 0.6 2.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 31,672 18,703 12,969 76.6 86.7 65.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 7,408 2,335 5,073 17.9 10.8 25.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 1,381 335 1,046 3.3 1.6 5.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 292 78 214 0.7 0.4 1.1
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.