SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 423 180 243 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 206 95 111 48.7 52.8 45.7
FEMALES 217 85 132 51.3 47.2 54.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 105 23 82 24.8 12.8 33.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 68 20 48 16.1 11.1 19.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 47 14 33 11.1 7.8 13.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 209 29 180 49.4 16.1 74.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 83 7 76 19.6 3.9 31.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.5 0.6 0.4
15-19 103 22 81 24.4 12.2 33.3
20-24 151 65 86 35.7 36.1 35.4
25-29 95 54 41 22.4 30.0 16.9
30-34 42 20 22 9.9 11.1 9.0
35-39 26 18 8 6.1 10.0 3.3
40-44 4 0 4 0.9 0.0 1.6
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 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.4
15-19 82 7 75 19.4 3.9 30.9
20-24 79 17 62 18.7 9.4 25.5
25-29 25 3 22 5.9 1.7 9.0
30-34 13 1 12 3.1 0.6 4.9
35-39 7 1 6 1.6 0.6 2.5
40-44 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 0.8
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 3 1 0.9 1.7 0.4
7-9 YEARS 31 12 19 7.3 6.7 7.8
10, 11 YEARS 75 28 47 17.7 15.6 19.3
12 YEARS 170 59 111 40.2 32.8 45.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 94 42 52 22.2 23.3 21.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 48 36 12 11.3 20.0 4.9
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 346 162 184 81.8 90.0 75.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 63 15 48 14.9 8.3 19.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 3 6 2.1 1.7 2.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 0.7 0.0 1.2
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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.
