SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 428 124 304 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 204 63 141 47.7 50.8 46.4
FEMALES 224 61 163 52.3 49.2 53.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 143 22 121 33.4 17.7 39.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 65 12 53 15.2 9.7 17.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 45 8 37 10.5 6.4 12.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 284 31 253 66.4 25.0 83.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 132 13 119 30.8 10.5 39.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 7 0 7 1.6 0.0 2.3
15-19 136 22 114 31.8 17.7 37.5
20-24 130 37 93 30.4 29.8 30.6
25-29 74 29 45 17.3 23.4 14.8
30-34 55 26 29 12.8 21.0 9.5
35-39 21 7 14 4.9 5.6 4.6
40-44 5 3 2 1.2 2.4 0.6
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 7 0 7 1.6 0.0 2.3
15-19 125 13 112 29.2 10.5 36.8
20-24 89 12 77 20.8 9.7 25.3
25-29 33 5 28 7.7 4.0 9.2
30-34 19 0 19 4.4 0.0 6.2
35-39 10 1 9 2.3 0.8 3.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
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 9 1 8 2.1 0.8 2.6
7-9 YEARS 58 16 42 13.6 12.9 13.8
10, 11 YEARS 103 17 86 24.1 13.7 28.3
12 YEARS 145 32 113 33.9 25.8 37.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 70 27 43 16.4 21.8 14.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 42 31 11 9.8 25.0 3.6
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 1 6 1.6 0.8 2.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 329 102 227 76.9 82.2 74.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 80 20 60 18.7 16.1 19.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 1 11 2.8 0.8 3.6
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.
