SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 365 302 63 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 180 155 25 49.3 51.3 39.7
FEMALES 185 147 38 50.7 48.7 60.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 65 50 15 17.8 16.6 23.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 41 31 10 11.2 10.3 15.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 29 19 10 7.9 6.3 15.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 89 55 34 24.4 18.2 54.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 24 15 10.7 7.9 23.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.5 0.3 1.6
15-19 63 49 14 17.3 16.2 22.2
20-24 132 109 23 36.2 36.1 36.5
25-29 94 78 16 25.8 25.8 25.4
30-34 55 49 6 15.1 16.2 9.5
35-39 18 15 3 4.9 5.0 4.8
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 0.0
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 2 1 1 0.5 0.3 1.6
15-19 37 23 14 10.1 7.6 22.2
20-24 29 16 13 7.9 5.3 20.6
25-29 13 8 5 3.6 2.6 7.9
30-34 4 3 1 1.1 1.0 1.6
35-39 4 4 0 1.1 1.3 0.0
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 2 2 0 0.5 0.7 0.0
7-9 YEARS 37 30 7 10.1 9.9 11.1
10, 11 YEARS 64 46 18 17.5 15.2 28.6
12 YEARS 127 107 20 34.8 35.4 31.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 89 78 11 24.4 25.8 17.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 46 39 7 12.6 12.9 11.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.5 0.3 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 312 267 45 85.5 88.4 71.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 45 33 12 12.3 10.9 19.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 1 5 1.6 0.3 7.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
