TABLE 1A LIVE BIRTHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER, ALSO LIVE BIRTHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER, (PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE), MISSISSIPPI, 1996 OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA NUMBER NUMBER RATE* NON- NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE STATE 40,197 20,449 19,748 40,978 21,447 19,531 15.2 12.7 19.5 ADAMS 982 362 620 511 174 337 14.2 9.7 18.7 ALCORN 485 386 99 409 331 78 12.8 11.8 20.5 AMITE 0 0 0 139 74 65 10.0 9.9 10.2 ATTALA 211 102 109 242 133 109 13.3 12.5 14.3 BENTON 0 0 0 128 77 51 16.3 16.9 15.6 BOLIVAR 698 126 572 721 159 562 17.4 11.5 20.4 CALHOUN 1 1 0 185 120 65 12.6 11.5 15.4 CARROLL 0 0 0 95 48 47 9.6 8.1 11.9 CHICKASAW 5 2 3 310 158 152 17.6 15.1 21.1 CHOCTAW 0 0 0 112 63 49 12.5 10.3 17.4 CLAIBORNE 52 0 52 176 11 165 15.5 5.9 17.4 CLARKE 1 0 1 245 123 122 14.2 11.1 19.8 CLAY 378 136 242 348 111 237 16.0 11.5 19.7 COAHOMA 1,202 244 958 594 111 483 18.2 10.2 22.2 COPIAH 209 53 156 393 159 234 14.0 12.0 15.8 COVINGTON 258 77 181 299 151 148 18.7 15.0 24.9 DESOTO 859 502 357 1,391 1,191 200 15.7 15.9 14.8 FORREST 2,789 1,862 927 1,100 604 496 15.2 12.3 21.2 FRANKLIN 1 1 0 115 52 63 14.5 10.7 20.3 GEORGE 67 61 6 310 286 24 17.3 17.9 12.5 GREENE 0 0 0 162 124 38 14.5 14.2 15.3 GRENADA 735 371 364 323 159 164 14.7 12.7 17.4 HANCOCK 297 270 27 474 433 41 13.1 13.5 9.9 HARRISON 3,249 2,336 913 2,719 1,884 835 15.9 14.4 21.0 HINDS 6,190 1,783 4,407 3,966 1,077 2,889 15.7 9.3 21.0 HOLMES 124 7 117 409 46 363 19.7 9.9 22.5 HUMPHREYS 3 0 3 194 40 154 16.9 11.5 19.3 ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 15 4 11 8.3 5.2 10.6 ITAWAMBA 1 1 0 248 227 21 12.5 12.3 15.2 JACKSON 1,214 815 399 1,724 1,227 497 12.9 11.9 16.6 JASPER 1 0 1 293 101 192 17.0 12.4 21.2 JEFFERSON 0 0 0 140 11 129 16.9 10.5 17.8 JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 205 58 147 15.2 10.2 18.7 JONES 1,030 477 553 850 530 320 13.6 11.6 19.4 KEMPER 0 0 0 135 44 91 12.8 10.3 14.5 LAFAYETTE 710 425 285 378 230 148 11.0 9.2 15.6 LAMAR 512 348 164 493 413 80 15.7 15.1 19.6 LAUDERDALE 2,372 1,271 1,101 1,151 578 573 15.0 12.0 20.4 LAWRENCE 1 1 0 190 120 70 15.6 15.1 16.6 LEAKE 2 0 2 291 132 159 15.7 12.1 20.7 LEE 2,294 1,787 507 1,123 779 344 15.2 13.6 20.7 LEFLORE 773 112 661 691 137 554 18.7 10.2 23.6 TABLE 1A - PAGE 2 LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1996 OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA NUMBER NUMBER RATE* NON- NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE LINCOLN 582 387 195 434 277 157 13.6 12.6 15.9 LOWNDES 1,153 504 649 1,030 481 549 16.8 12.8 23.0 MADISON 330 7 323 1,187 626 561 17.4 15.7 19.8 MARION 4 2 2 370 213 157 14.8 12.5 19.8 MARSHALL 4 1 3 520 204 316 16.0 12.9 19.0 MONROE 787 547 240 493 315 178 13.5 12.6 15.4 MONTGOMERY 44 1 43 198 83 115 16.7 13.1 20.7 NESHOBA 8 3 5 453 250 203 16.8 13.8 23.2 NEWTON 5 2 3 345 179 166 16.0 12.4 23.1 NOXUBEE 2 0 2 214 51 163 17.6 15.7 18.3 OKTIBBEHA 1,117 509 608 569 252 317 14.6 10.5 21.2 PANOLA 1 0 1 519 198 321 15.4 11.3 19.8 PEARL RIVER 310 235 75 595 501 94 14.2 14.2 14.1 PERRY 1 0 1 185 121 64 16.3 14.0 23.6 PIKE 779 317 462 523 216 307 14.0 11.0 17.3 PONTOTOC 2 2 0 341 288 53 13.6 13.7 13.1 PRENTISS 0 0 0 336 285 51 14.3 13.8 17.2 QUITMAN 1 0 1 185 32 153 19.5 9.8 24.6 RANKIN 2,740 2,240 500 1,454 1,158 296 14.1 13.7 15.8 SCOTT 5 0 5 437 230 207 18.0 15.7 21.4 SHARKEY 1 0 1 121 33 88 17.6 16.8 17.9 SIMPSON 4 1 3 355 177 178 14.8 11.2 21.9 SMITH 2 2 0 210 144 66 14.2 12.6 19.2 STONE 0 0 0 159 122 37 12.9 12.9 13.0 SUNFLOWER 424 109 315 515 116 399 14.6 10.1 16.7 TALLAHATCHIE 1 0 1 208 57 151 14.8 11.3 16.7 TATE 209 30 179 343 200 143 15.3 13.9 17.8 TIPPAH 0 0 0 304 232 72 15.5 14.3 21.1 TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 227 220 7 12.8 13.0 10.0 TUNICA 0 0 0 152 23 129 16.8 9.7 19.3 UNION 983 675 308 342 277 65 14.6 14.0 17.7 WALTHALL 3 3 0 212 85 127 15.0 10.9 20.2 WARREN 1,299 468 831 769 344 425 15.7 11.8 21.4 WASHINGTON 1,259 331 928 1,210 307 903 17.2 10.8 21.5 WAYNE 325 130 195 344 187 157 17.8 15.4 21.6 WEBSTER 2 1 1 129 89 40 12.4 11.1 16.4 WILKINSON 86 21 65 125 28 97 13.8 11.3 14.8 WINSTON 2 0 2 257 127 130 13.1 11.7 14.9 YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 179 85 94 14.8 11.7 19.7 YAZOO 16 2 14 432 144 288 17.2 12.8 20.7 OUT OF STATE 2,306 1,930 376 1,525 932 593 * LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 POPULATION. TABLE 1A - PAGE 3 LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1996 RESIDENCE DATA NUMBER NON- TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE BILOXI 841 560 281 BRANDON 257 197 60 BROOKHAVEN 138 61 77 CANTON 289 34 255 CLARKSDALE 403 81 322 CLEVELAND 278 87 191 CLINTON 286 178 108 COLUMBUS 514 160 354 CORINTH 176 111 65 GAUTIER 207 122 85 GREENVILLE 830 159 671 GREENWOOD 410 77 333 GRENADA 207 76 131 GULFPORT 1,037 599 438 HATTIESBURG 721 268 453 INDIANOLA 224 42 182 JACKSON 3,126 658 2,468 LAUREL 324 104 220 LONG BEACH 189 157 32 MCCOMB 166 46 120 MERIDIAN 683 225 458 MOSS POINT 238 59 179 NATCHEZ 300 91 209 OCEAN SPRINGS 228 200 28 PASCAGOULA 447 288 159 PEARL 323 260 63 PICAYUNE 160 110 50 RIDGELAND 277 213 64 SOUTHAVEN 309 293 16 STARKVILLE 322 145 177 TUPELO 528 331 197 VICKSBURG 455 115 340 YAZOO CITY 244 51 193 ** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
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