TABLE A8.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE,
TIME DURING PREGNANCY CARE BEGAN, AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                            
                                NUMBER                      PERCENT         
PRENATAL CARE AND                         NON-                          NON-
TIME CARE BEGAN        TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE     TOTAL     WHITE     WHITE

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

NO PRENATAL CARE         579      120      459       1.4       0.6       2.3

SOME PRENATAL CARE    40,595   21,403   19,192      98.2      99.2      97.1
  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          134       30      104       0.3       0.1       0.5

UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY                                                         
  PRENATAL CARE          158       48      110       0.4       0.2       0.6

TABLE A9.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MATURITY AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                              
                                 NUMBER                       PERCENT         
                                            NON-                          NON-
MATURITY*                TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE     TOTAL     WHITE     WHITE

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

IMMATURE ONLY**          1,643      640    1,003       4.0       3.0       5.1
PREMATURE ONLY**         3,757    1,492    2,265       9.1       6.9      11.5
BOTH IMMATURE AND                                                             
  PREMATURE              2,417      865    1,552       5.8       4.0       7.8

TOTAL IMMATURE           4,060    1,505    2,555       9.8       7.0      12.9
TOTAL PREMATURE          6,174    2,357    3,817      14.9      10.9      19.3
TOTAL IMMATURE AND/OR                                                         
  PREMATURE              7,817    2,997    4,820      18.9      13.9      24.4

NEITHER IMMATURE NOR                                                          
  PREMATURE**           33,515   18,574   14,941      81.1      86.1      75.6

 * IMMATURE - BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 5 1/2 POUNDS (2,500 GRAMS); PREMATURE -   
   GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS (CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE DATE OF THE    
   LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD PRIOR TO DELIVERY FROM THE DATE OF BIRTH).    

** BIRTHS CLASSIFIED AS IMMATURE ONLY OR AS PREMATURE ONLY INCLUDE SOME FOR   
   WHICH THE OTHER MEASUREMENT WAS UNKNOWN.  THOSE CLASSIFIED AS NEITHER      
   IMMATURE NOR PREMATURE INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH ONE OR BOTH MEASUREMENTS     
   WERE UNKNOWN.