TABLE A4.  LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND FERTILITY RATES,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                            
                  NUMBER               PERCENT            FERTILITY RATE*   
AGE OF                     NON-                 NON-                    NON-
MOTHER      TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL      41,332 21,571 19,761  100.0  100.0  100.0    65.8    58.3    76.5

UNDER 15      337     49    288    0.8    0.2    1.4     3.2     0.9     5.9
15-19       8,848  3,245  5,603   21.4   15.0   28.4    79.9    54.9   108.4
20-24      13,430  6,649  6,781   32.5   30.8   34.3   117.4   104.1   134.3
25-29       9,723  6,060  3,663   23.5   28.1   18.5   100.6   107.8    90.5
30-34       6,241  3,993  2,248   15.1   18.5   11.4    60.3    62.8    56.4
35-39       2,338  1,363    975    5.6    6.3    4.9    21.9    20.8    23.9
40-44         393    204    189    1.0    0.9    1.0     4.1     3.3     5.4
45-49          14      5      9     **     **     **     0.2     0.1     0.3
UNKNOWN         8      3      5     **     **     **                        

 * FOR TOTAL GROUP - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE; FOR  
   SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED GROUP.  

** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                  

TABLE A5.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED BY MOTHER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                             
                                  NUMBER                PERCENT*          CUMULATIVE PERCENT*
COMPLETED BY                               NON-                   NON-                   NON-
MOTHER                    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE    TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE    TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE

TOTAL BIRTHS             41,332  21,571  19,761    100.0  100.0  100.0                       

0-6 YEARS                   291     132     159      0.7    0.6    0.8      0.7    0.6    0.8
7-9 YEARS                 4,001   1,883   2,118      9.7    8.7   10.8     10.4    9.4   11.6
10, 11 YEARS              6,910   2,600   4,310     16.8   12.1   21.9     27.2   21.4   33.4
12 YEARS                 14,043   6,695   7,348     34.0   31.1   37.3     61.2   52.5   70.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE        10,043   5,720   4,323     24.4   26.6   21.9     85.6   79.1   92.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE   5,949   4,508   1,441     14.4   20.9    7.3    100.0  100.0  100.0
UNKNOWN                      95      33      62                                              

MEDIAN YEARS COMPLETED*    12.7    12.9    12.4                                              

* CALCULATIONS EXCLUDE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WITH EDUCATION UNKNOWN.