TABLE A6.  LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS IN SPECIFIED GROUP,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                             
                   NUMBER                     PERCENT        
AGE OF                        NON-                       NON-
MOTHER     TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

TOTAL     18,744    4,053   14,691     45.4     18.8     74.3

UNDER 15     326       40      286     96.7     81.6     99.3
15-19      6,993    1,562    5,431     79.0     48.1     96.9
20-24      6,842    1,413    5,429     50.9     21.2     80.1
25-29      2,679      631    2,048     27.6     10.4     55.9
30-34      1,297      285    1,012     20.8      7.1     45.0
35-39        508      104      404     21.7      7.6     41.4
40-44         95       17       78     24.2      8.3     41.3
45-49          1        1        0      7.1     20.0        -
UNKNOWN        3        0        3                           

TABLE A7.  LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, FERTILITY RATES, AND
MEDIAN AGE OF MOTHER, BY TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                            
                                                                             MEDIAN AGE     
                NUMBER               PERCENT         FERTILITY RATE**         OF MOTHER     
BIRTH                    NON-                 NON-                 NON-                 NON 
ORDER*    TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  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   24.2   25.6   22.7

FIRST    15,535  8,317  7,218   37.6   38.6   36.5   24.7   22.5   28.0   20.9   22.7   19.4
SECOND   12,423  6,948  5,475   30.0   32.2   27.7   19.8   18.8   21.2   24.5   26.0   22.6
THIRD     7,216  3,669  3,547   17.4   17.0   17.9   11.5    9.9   13.7   26.7   28.0   25.2
FOURTH    3,392  1,573  1,819    8.2    7.3    9.2    5.4    4.2    7.0   28.0   29.6   26.4
FIFTH     1,493    597    896    3.6    2.8    4.5    2.4    1.6    3.5   29.2   30.9   27.8
SIXTH       665    242    423    1.6    1.1    2.1    1.0    0.6    1.6   30.7   32.2   29.6
SEVENTH     290    122    168    0.7    0.6    0.8    0.5    0.3    0.6   30.7   32.4   29.6
EIGHTH      127     42     85    0.3    0.2    0.4    0.2    0.1    0.3   33.3   34.5   33.0
NINTH        69     18     51    0.2    0.1    0.2    0.1      #    0.2   33.8   37.5   33.1
TENTH                                                                                       
 & OVER      85     27     58    0.2    0.1    0.3    0.1    0.1    0.2   34.5   31.0   36.6
UNKNOWN      37     16     21    0.1    0.1    0.1      #      #    0.1                     

 * INCLUDES ALL LIVE BIRTHS PLUS ALL FETAL DEATHS REGARDLESS OF LENGTH OF GESTATION.        

** LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.                                        

 # LESS THAN 0.06.