SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NESHOBA 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 440 231 209 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 206 107 99 46.8 46.3 47.4
FEMALES 234 124 110 53.2 53.7 52.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 97 38 59 22.0 16.4 28.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 69 33 36 15.7 14.3 17.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 55 26 29 12.5 11.2 13.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 197 46 151 44.8 19.9 72.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 70 16 54 15.9 6.9 25.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 1 4 1.1 0.4 1.9
15-19 92 37 55 20.9 16.0 26.3
20-24 157 84 73 35.7 36.4 34.9
25-29 95 57 38 21.6 24.7 18.2
30-34 60 38 22 13.6 16.4 10.5
35-39 26 12 14 5.9 5.2 6.7
40-44 5 2 3 1.1 0.9 1.4
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 4 1 3 0.9 0.4 1.4
15-19 66 15 51 15.0 6.5 24.4
20-24 74 20 54 16.8 8.6 25.8
25-29 30 6 24 6.8 2.6 11.5
30-34 15 3 12 3.4 1.3 5.7
35-39 6 1 5 1.4 0.4 2.4
40-44 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 1.0
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 3 2 1 0.7 0.9 0.5
7-9 YEARS 59 17 42 13.4 7.4 20.1
10, 11 YEARS 73 25 48 16.6 10.8 23.0
12 YEARS 176 94 82 40.0 40.7 39.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 86 54 32 19.5 23.4 15.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 42 39 3 9.5 16.9 1.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 4 5 2.0 1.7 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 337 189 148 76.6 81.8 70.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 75 29 46 17.0 12.6 22.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 14 6 8 3.2 2.6 3.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 3 2 1.1 1.3 1.0
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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.
