SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 606 514 92 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 337 293 44 55.6 57.0 47.8
FEMALES 269 221 48 44.4 43.0 52.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 144 119 25 23.8 23.2 27.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 66 44 22 10.9 8.6 23.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 44 33 11 7.3 6.4 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 189 122 67 31.2 23.7 72.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 84 59 25 13.9 11.5 27.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.3 0.2 1.1
15-19 142 118 24 23.4 23.0 26.1
20-24 206 171 35 34.0 33.3 38.0
25-29 131 117 14 21.6 22.8 15.2
30-34 89 80 9 14.7 15.6 9.8
35-39 33 24 9 5.4 4.7 9.8
40-44 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.3 0.2 1.1
15-19 82 58 24 13.5 11.3 26.1
20-24 68 41 27 11.2 8.0 29.3
25-29 19 11 8 3.1 2.1 8.7
30-34 11 8 3 1.8 1.6 3.3
35-39 7 3 4 1.2 0.6 4.3
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 0.7 0.8 0.0
7-9 YEARS 79 72 7 13.0 14.0 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 81 60 21 13.4 11.7 22.8
12 YEARS 192 162 30 31.7 31.5 32.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 169 144 25 27.9 28.0 27.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 77 70 7 12.7 13.6 7.6
UNKNOWN 4 2 2 0.7 0.4 2.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 539 474 65 88.9 92.2 70.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 55 33 22 9.1 6.4 23.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 6 2 1.3 1.2 2.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 1 3 0.7 0.2 3.3
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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.
