SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HINDS 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 4,118 1,195 2,923 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,051 586 1,465 49.8 49.0 50.1
FEMALES 2,067 609 1,458 50.2 51.0 49.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 807 102 705 19.6 8.5 24.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 743 144 599 18.0 12.0 20.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 511 79 432 12.4 6.6 14.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,226 189 2,037 54.0 15.8 69.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 745 62 683 18.1 5.2 23.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 35 0 35 0.8 0.0 1.2
15-19 772 102 670 18.7 8.5 22.9
20-24 1,222 262 960 29.7 21.9 32.8
25-29 1,007 377 630 24.4 31.5 21.6
30-34 745 319 426 18.1 26.7 14.6
35-39 291 114 177 7.1 9.5 6.0
40-44 44 21 23 1.1 1.8 0.8
45 AND OVER 2 0 2 # 0.0 0.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 35 0 35 0.8 0.0 1.2
15-19 710 62 648 17.2 5.2 22.2
20-24 839 72 767 20.4 6.0 26.2
25-29 371 34 337 9.0 2.8 11.5
30-34 182 17 165 4.4 1.4 5.6
35-39 77 4 73 1.9 0.3 2.5
40-44 12 0 12 0.3 0.0 0.4
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 12 1 11 0.3 0.1 0.4
7-9 YEARS 238 59 179 5.8 4.9 6.1
10, 11 YEARS 579 80 499 14.1 6.7 17.1
12 YEARS 1,190 251 939 28.9 21.0 32.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,203 313 890 29.2 26.2 30.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 887 489 398 21.5 40.9 13.6
UNKNOWN 9 2 7 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 71 6 65 1.7 0.5 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,231 1,104 2,127 78.5 92.4 72.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 712 75 637 17.3 6.3 21.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 99 10 89 2.4 0.8 3.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 0 5 0.1 0.0 0.2
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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.
