SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TALLAHATCHIE 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 241 75 166 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 104 33 71 43.2 44.0 42.8
FEMALES 137 42 95 56.8 56.0 57.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 69 13 56 28.6 17.3 33.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 45 5 40 18.7 6.7 24.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 16 0 16 6.6 0.0 9.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 145 9 136 60.2 12.0 81.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 61 6 55 25.3 8.0 33.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 1.2 0.0 1.8
15-19 66 13 53 27.4 17.3 31.9
20-24 91 27 64 37.8 36.0 38.6
25-29 42 18 24 17.4 24.0 14.4
30-34 28 14 14 11.6 18.7 8.4
35-39 8 2 6 3.3 2.7 3.6
40-44 3 1 2 1.2 1.3 1.2
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 1.2 0.0 1.8
15-19 58 6 52 24.1 8.0 31.3
20-24 62 3 59 25.7 4.0 35.5
25-29 12 0 12 5.0 0.0 7.2
30-34 7 0 7 2.9 0.0 4.2
35-39 2 0 2 0.8 0.0 1.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 0.6
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 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 0.6
7-9 YEARS 40 9 31 16.6 12.0 18.7
10, 11 YEARS 55 5 50 22.8 6.7 30.1
12 YEARS 94 31 63 39.0 41.3 38.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 38 20 18 15.8 26.7 10.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 13 10 3 5.4 13.3 1.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 0 5 2.1 0.0 3.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 172 66 106 71.4 88.0 63.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 51 9 42 21.2 12.0 25.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 0 12 5.0 0.0 7.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 0.6
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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.
