SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TIPPAH 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 273 206 67 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 135 104 31 49.4 50.5 46.3
FEMALES 138 102 36 50.5 49.5 53.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 59 37 22 21.6 18.0 32.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 43 24 19 15.8 11.6 28.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 25 14 11 9.2 6.8 16.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 90 42 48 33.0 20.4 71.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 40 18 22 14.6 8.7 32.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.7 0.5 1.5
15-19 57 36 21 20.9 17.5 31.3
20-24 101 73 28 37.0 35.4 41.8
25-29 76 67 9 27.8 32.5 13.4
30-34 27 21 6 9.9 10.2 9.0
35-39 7 6 1 2.6 2.9 1.5
40-44 3 2 1 1.1 1.0 1.5
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 0.7 0.5 1.5
15-19 38 17 21 13.9 8.2 31.3
20-24 32 11 21 11.7 5.3 31.3
25-29 13 12 1 4.8 5.8 1.5
30-34 3 0 3 1.1 0.0 4.5
35-39 1 1 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 1.5
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 1 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
7-9 YEARS 35 22 13 12.8 10.7 19.4
10, 11 YEARS 41 32 9 15.0 15.5 13.4
12 YEARS 103 73 30 37.7 35.4 44.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 63 50 13 23.1 24.3 19.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 28 26 2 10.2 12.6 3.0
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.7 1.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.7 1.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 236 184 52 86.4 89.3 77.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 25 16 9 9.2 7.8 13.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 4 5 3.3 1.9 7.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 1.5
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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.
