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DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT MISSISSIPPI , 1997
*** 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 41,527 22,021 19,506 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 21,271 11,255 10,016 51.2 51.1 51.3
FEMALES 20,256 10,766 9,490 48.8 48.9 48.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 8,575 3,098 5,477 20.6 14.1 28.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 6,338 2,549 3,789 15.3 11.6 19.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 4,193 1,621 2,572 10.1 7.4 13.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18,853 4,317 14,536 45.4 19.6 74.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 6,932 1,628 5,304 16.7 7.4 27.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 270 49 221 0.6 0.2 1.1
15-19 8,305 3,049 5,256 20.0 13.8 26.9
20-24 13,317 6,433 6,884 32.1 29.2 35.3
25-29 10,480 6,701 3,779 25.2 30.4 19.4
30-34 6,142 4,011 2,131 14.8 18.2 10.9
35-39 2,530 1,535 995 6.1 7.0 5.1
40-44 473 240 233 1.1 1.1 1.2
45 AND OVER 9 3 6 # # #
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 265 44 221 0.6 0.2 1.1
15-19 6,667 1,584 5,083 16.0 7.2 26.0
20-24 7,111 1,534 5,577 17.1 7.0 28.6
25-29 2,831 700 2,131 6.8 3.2 10.9
30-34 1,248 291 957 3.0 1.3 4.9
35-39 596 146 450 1.4 0.7 2.3
40-44 133 18 115 0.3 0.1 0.6
45 AND OVER 2 0 2 # 0.0 #
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 4 1 3 # # #
1-6 YEARS 262 143 119 0.6 0.6 0.6
7-9 YEARS 3,749 1,812 1,937 9.0 8.2 9.9
10, 11 YEARS 6,821 2,535 4,286 16.4 11.5 22.0
12 YEARS 13,947 6,679 7,268 33.6 30.3 37.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,194 5,852 4,342 24.5 26.6 22.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 6,479 4,962 1,517 15.6 22.5 7.8
UNKNOWN 71 37 34 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 548 105 443 1.3 0.5 2.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 33,098 19,579 13,519 79.7 88.9 69.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 6,505 1,969 4,536 15.7 8.9 23.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 1,150 295 855 2.8 1.3 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 226 73 153 0.5 0.3 0.8
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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.