SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHICKASAW 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 305 151 154 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 159 84 75 52.1 55.6 48.7
FEMALES 146 67 79 47.9 44.4 51.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 75 32 43 24.6 21.2 27.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 45 13 32 14.8 8.6 20.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 24 8 16 7.9 5.3 10.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 133 20 113 43.6 13.2 73.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 12 43 18.0 7.9 27.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 2 3 1.6 1.3 1.9
15-19 70 30 40 23.0 19.9 26.0
20-24 94 49 45 30.8 32.4 29.2
25-29 93 51 42 30.5 33.8 27.3
30-34 29 16 13 9.5 10.6 8.4
35-39 13 3 10 4.3 2.0 6.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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 0 3 1.0 0.0 1.9
15-19 52 12 40 17.0 7.9 26.0
20-24 40 3 37 13.1 2.0 24.0
25-29 27 5 22 8.8 3.3 14.3
30-34 6 0 6 2.0 0.0 3.9
35-39 5 0 5 1.6 0.0 3.2
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 3 2 1.6 2.0 1.3
7-9 YEARS 41 21 20 13.4 13.9 13.0
10, 11 YEARS 58 17 41 19.0 11.2 26.6
12 YEARS 114 58 56 37.4 38.4 36.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 61 34 27 20.0 22.5 17.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 26 18 8 8.5 11.9 5.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 228 124 104 74.8 82.1 67.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 63 25 38 20.6 16.6 24.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 2 9 3.6 1.3 5.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.3
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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.
