SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COAHOMA 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 599 111 488 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 301 57 244 50.2 51.4 50.0
FEMALES 298 54 244 49.8 48.6 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 201 13 188 33.6 11.7 38.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 131 13 118 21.9 11.7 24.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 73 9 64 12.2 8.1 13.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 435 20 415 72.6 18.0 85.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 195 8 187 32.6 7.2 38.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 10 0 10 1.7 0.0 2.0
15-19 191 13 178 31.9 11.7 36.5
20-24 216 36 180 36.1 32.4 36.9
25-29 113 35 78 18.9 31.5 16.0
30-34 51 22 29 8.5 19.8 5.9
35-39 16 4 12 2.7 3.6 2.4
40-44 2 1 1 0.3 0.9 0.2
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 10 0 10 1.7 0.0 2.0
15-19 185 8 177 30.9 7.2 36.3
20-24 159 6 153 26.5 5.4 31.4
25-29 60 6 54 10.0 5.4 11.1
30-34 17 0 17 2.8 0.0 3.5
35-39 3 0 3 0.5 0.0 0.6
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
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 4 2 2 0.7 1.8 0.4
7-9 YEARS 96 11 85 16.0 9.9 17.4
10, 11 YEARS 157 15 142 26.2 13.5 29.1
12 YEARS 160 31 129 26.7 27.9 26.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 130 25 105 21.7 22.5 21.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 52 27 25 8.7 24.3 5.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 2 6 1.3 1.8 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 442 100 342 73.8 90.1 70.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 132 8 124 22.0 7.2 25.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 14 1 13 2.3 0.9 2.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.5 0.0 0.6
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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.
