SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1995
*** 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 379 301 78 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 204 152 52 53.8 50.5 66.7
FEMALES 175 149 26 46.2 49.5 33.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 82 49 33 21.6 16.3 42.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 58 43 15 15.3 14.3 19.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 40 29 11 10.6 9.6 14.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 114 56 58 30.1 18.6 74.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 50 18 32 13.2 6.0 41.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.8 0.7 1.3
15-19 79 47 32 20.8 15.6 41.0
20-24 126 108 18 33.2 35.9 23.1
25-29 104 87 17 27.4 28.9 21.8
30-34 43 35 8 11.3 11.6 10.2
35-39 17 15 2 4.5 5.0 2.6
40-44 7 7 0 1.8 2.3 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.8 0.7 1.3
15-19 47 16 31 12.4 5.3 39.7
20-24 36 22 14 9.5 7.3 17.9
25-29 19 12 7 5.0 4.0 9.0
30-34 8 4 4 2.1 1.3 5.1
35-39 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 1.3
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 5 4 1 1.3 1.3 1.3
7-9 YEARS 51 39 12 13.4 13.0 15.4
10, 11 YEARS 80 57 23 21.1 18.9 29.5
12 YEARS 124 96 28 32.7 31.9 35.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 74 65 9 19.5 21.6 11.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 45 40 5 11.9 13.3 6.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.5 0.7 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 304 248 56 80.2 82.4 71.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 60 43 17 15.8 14.3 21.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 6 3 2.4 2.0 3.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 2 2 1.0 0.7 2.6
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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.
