SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 1,465 1,175 290 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 733 586 147 50.0 49.9 50.7
FEMALES 732 589 143 50.0 50.1 49.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 230 153 77 15.7 13.0 26.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 180 136 44 12.3 11.6 15.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 116 80 36 7.9 6.8 12.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 365 184 181 24.9 15.7 62.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 81 75 10.6 6.9 25.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 10 4 6 0.7 0.3 2.1
15-19 220 149 71 15.0 12.7 24.5
20-24 382 301 81 26.1 25.6 27.9
25-29 445 364 81 30.4 31.0 27.9
30-34 276 244 32 18.8 20.8 11.0
35-39 107 96 11 7.3 8.2 3.8
40-44 25 17 8 1.7 1.4 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 10 4 6 0.7 0.3 2.1
15-19 146 77 69 10.0 6.6 23.8
20-24 117 58 59 8.0 4.9 20.3
25-29 58 25 33 4.0 2.1 11.4
30-34 22 13 9 1.5 1.1 3.1
35-39 6 4 2 0.4 0.3 0.7
40-44 6 3 3 0.4 0.2 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 5 4 1 0.3 0.3 0.3
7-9 YEARS 116 87 29 7.9 7.4 10.0
10, 11 YEARS 150 109 41 10.2 9.3 14.1
12 YEARS 438 322 116 29.9 27.4 40.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 415 343 72 28.3 29.2 24.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 341 310 31 23.3 26.4 10.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 15 9 6 1.0 0.8 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,285 1,063 222 87.7 90.5 76.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 150 95 55 10.2 8.1 19.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 13 7 6 0.9 0.6 2.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.3
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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.
