SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF OKTIBBEHA 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 488 235 253 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 237 99 138 48.6 42.1 54.5
FEMALES 251 136 115 51.4 57.9 45.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 96 21 75 19.7 8.9 29.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 74 24 50 15.2 10.2 19.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 39 18 21 8.0 7.7 8.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 190 21 169 38.9 8.9 66.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 10 75 17.4 4.2 29.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.6 0.0 1.2
15-19 93 21 72 19.0 8.9 28.4
20-24 145 71 74 29.7 30.2 29.2
25-29 103 62 41 21.1 26.4 16.2
30-34 92 57 35 18.8 24.2 13.8
35-39 42 21 21 8.6 8.9 8.3
40-44 10 3 7 2.0 1.3 2.8
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 3 0 3 0.6 0.0 1.2
15-19 82 10 72 16.8 4.2 28.4
20-24 60 4 56 12.3 1.7 22.1
25-29 25 5 20 5.1 2.1 7.9
30-34 10 0 10 2.0 0.0 4.0
35-39 6 1 5 1.2 0.4 2.0
40-44 4 1 3 0.8 0.4 1.2
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 1 2 0.6 0.4 0.8
7-9 YEARS 32 8 24 6.6 3.4 9.5
10, 11 YEARS 52 10 42 10.6 4.2 16.6
12 YEARS 136 46 90 27.9 19.6 35.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 115 59 56 23.6 25.1 22.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 150 111 39 30.7 47.2 15.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.6 0.0 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 367 206 161 75.2 87.7 63.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 94 24 70 19.3 10.2 27.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 20 4 16 4.1 1.7 6.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.8 0.4 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.
