SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HARRISON 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 2,896 2,020 876 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,457 1,025 432 50.3 50.7 49.3
FEMALES 1,439 995 444 49.7 49.2 50.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 589 330 259 20.3 16.3 29.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 395 228 167 13.6 11.3 19.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 221 125 96 7.6 6.2 11.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,135 529 606 39.2 26.2 69.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 451 203 248 15.6 10.0 28.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 18 5 13 0.6 0.2 1.5
15-19 571 325 246 19.7 16.1 28.1
20-24 934 655 279 32.2 32.4 31.8
25-29 685 519 166 23.6 25.7 19.0
30-34 481 367 114 16.6 18.2 13.0
35-39 183 132 51 6.3 6.5 5.8
40-44 21 15 6 0.7 0.7 0.7
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 0.1 0.1 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 18 5 13 0.6 0.2 1.5
15-19 433 198 235 15.0 9.8 26.8
20-24 399 184 215 13.8 9.1 24.5
25-29 157 77 80 5.4 3.8 9.1
30-34 89 44 45 3.1 2.2 5.1
35-39 35 18 17 1.2 0.9 1.9
40-44 3 2 1 0.1 0.1 0.1
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # # 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.1
1-6 YEARS 15 5 10 0.5 0.2 1.1
7-9 YEARS 282 191 91 9.7 9.4 10.4
10, 11 YEARS 453 248 205 15.6 12.3 23.4
12 YEARS 948 657 291 32.7 32.5 33.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 795 581 214 27.4 28.8 24.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 386 330 56 13.3 16.3 6.4
UNKNOWN 16 8 8 0.6 0.4 0.9
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 74 29 45 2.6 1.4 5.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 2,043 1,569 474 70.5 77.7 54.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 607 348 259 21.0 17.2 29.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 157 67 90 5.4 3.3 10.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 15 7 8 0.5 0.3 0.9
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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.
