SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 1,229 1,042 187 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 629 536 93 51.2 51.4 49.7
FEMALES 600 506 94 48.8 48.6 50.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 180 125 55 14.6 12.0 29.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 145 109 36 11.8 10.5 19.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 85 62 23 6.9 6.0 12.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 319 193 126 26.0 18.5 67.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 130 75 55 10.6 7.2 29.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.5
15-19 179 125 54 14.6 12.0 28.9
20-24 343 286 57 27.9 27.4 30.5
25-29 350 319 31 28.5 30.6 16.6
30-34 270 235 35 22.0 22.6 18.7
35-39 74 66 8 6.0 6.3 4.3
40-44 10 9 1 0.8 0.9 0.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.5
15-19 129 75 54 10.5 7.2 28.9
20-24 108 65 43 8.8 6.2 23.0
25-29 52 38 14 4.2 3.6 7.5
30-34 23 11 12 1.9 1.0 6.4
35-39 6 4 2 0.5 0.4 1.1
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 4 4 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
7-9 YEARS 76 52 24 6.2 5.0 12.8
10, 11 YEARS 148 115 33 12.0 11.0 17.6
12 YEARS 476 393 83 38.7 37.7 44.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 305 277 28 24.8 26.6 15.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 215 199 16 17.5 19.1 8.6
UNKNOWN 5 2 3 0.4 0.2 1.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 1 4 0.4 0.1 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,085 948 137 88.3 91.0 73.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 110 78 32 9.0 7.5 17.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 18 10 8 1.5 1.0 4.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 11 5 6 0.9 0.5 3.2
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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.
