TABLE 7
PREMATURE* LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

STATE          6,174   2,357   3,817    14.9    10.9    19.3

ADAMS             87      19      68    17.0    10.4    20.8
ALCORN            58      43      15    15.3    14.3    19.2
AMITE             16       5      11    10.2     6.6    13.6
ATTALA            39      16      23    14.9    12.5    17.2
BENTON            26       7      19    22.2    13.5    29.2
BOLIVAR          123      16     107    18.1    10.7    20.2

CALHOUN           35      17      18    18.1    14.5    23.7
CARROLL           11       3       8    11.1     6.7    14.8
CHICKASAW         45      13      32    14.8     8.6    20.8
CHOCTAW           12       4       8     9.6     5.4    15.7
CLAIBORNE         34       2      32    20.0    13.3    20.6
CLARKE            32      16      16    13.8    13.1    14.5

CLAY              55      14      41    16.1    11.3    18.9
COAHOMA          131      13     118    21.9    11.7    24.2
COPIAH            68      20      48    16.1    11.1    19.8
COVINGTON         50      16      34    16.9    10.3    24.3
DESOTO           145     109      36    11.8    10.5    19.2
FORREST          171      69     102    16.4    12.1    21.4

FRANKLIN          14       6       8    14.6    12.0    17.4
GEORGE            35      31       4    11.9    11.7    13.3
GREENE            16       8       8     9.5     6.2    19.5
GRENADA           47      16      31    14.8    10.5    18.7
HANCOCK           59      51       8    11.8    11.4    15.7
HARRISON         395     228     167    13.6    11.3    19.1

HINDS            743     144     599    18.0    12.0    20.5
HOLMES            67       4      63    18.0     7.7    19.7
HUMPHREYS         37      10      27    19.6    23.2    18.5
ISSAQUENA          5       0       5    16.1       -    21.7
ITAWAMBA          27      25       2     9.9    10.3     6.7
JACKSON          223     121     102    12.6     9.8    19.2

JASPER            40      11      29    14.6    12.0    15.9
JEFFERSON         26       2      24    17.4    28.6    16.9
JEFF DAVIS        40       7      33    17.6    10.9    20.2
JONES            106      58      48    12.6    10.8    15.9
KEMPER            17       1      16    12.3     3.4    14.7
LAFAYETTE         55      20      35    13.5     8.5    20.5

LAMAR             67      53      14    15.0    13.8    22.2
LAUDERDALE       159      53     106    13.9     9.3    18.3
LAWRENCE          29      11      18    15.0    11.0    19.4
LEAKE             38      12      26    12.8     8.3    17.2
LEE              139      71      68    11.8     9.4    16.4
LEFLORE          113      14      99    16.3     8.8    18.5

 

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PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1995                  

                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

LINCOLN           50      26      24    11.4     9.5    14.7
LOWNDES          125      43      82    12.5     8.6    16.4
MADISON          158      63      95    13.2    10.0    16.9
MARION            45      21      24    11.6     9.8    14.0
MARSHALL          96      32      64    17.4    13.1    20.9
MONROE            83      40      43    14.7    11.8    19.3

MONTGOMERY        30      10      20    19.1    14.7    22.5
NESHOBA           69      33      36    15.7    14.3    17.2
NEWTON            41      18      23    12.8    11.0    14.7
NOXUBEE           25       3      22    11.7     6.1    13.4
OKTIBBEHA         74      24      50    15.2    10.2    19.8
PANOLA            92      21      71    16.7     9.3    21.8

PEARL RIVER       66      44      22    10.9     8.6    23.9
PERRY             17       8       9     9.7     6.4    18.0
PIKE             107      29      78    17.9    12.9    21.0
PONTOTOC          41      31      10    11.2    10.3    15.9
PRENTISS          51      38      13    17.1    14.6    34.2
QUITMAN           48       6      42    25.4    14.0    28.8

RANKIN           180     136      44    12.3    11.6    15.2
SCOTT             72      34      38    16.0    14.0    18.2
SHARKEY           16       1      15    12.5     5.9    13.5
SIMPSON           67      28      39    18.4    13.0    26.4
SMITH             21      13       8     9.8     8.9    11.6
STONE             19      12       7    10.7     9.1    15.2

SUNFLOWER         92      18      74    16.8    15.9    17.0
TALLAHATCHIE      45       5      40    18.7     6.7    24.1
TATE              47      21      26    13.2    10.1    17.4
TIPPAH            43      24      19    15.8    11.6    28.4
TISHOMINGO        28      28       0    13.0    13.4       -
TUNICA            33       3      30    20.2    13.6    21.3

UNION             79      52      27    24.3    21.5    32.5
WALTHALL          22       4      18     9.6     4.1    13.7
WARREN           112      33      79    13.4     8.6    17.4
WASHINGTON       217      28     189    17.7     9.0    20.7
WAYNE             52      15      37    15.0     8.6    21.6
WEBSTER           29      16      13    21.6    17.0    32.5

WILKINSON         16       3      13    13.3    10.0    14.4
WINSTON           32       7      25    12.9     5.9    19.4
YALOBUSHA         34      15      19    22.7    18.3    27.9
YAZOO             65      12      53    15.2     9.7    17.4

* GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.