TABLE 6A
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS AT BIRTH
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
STATE          4,047   1,570   2,477     9.9     7.3    12.7
 
ADAMS             55      13      42    10.8     7.5    12.5
ALCORN            38      26      12     9.3     7.8    15.4
AMITE              9       3       6     6.5     4.0     9.2
ATTALA            25      14      11    10.3    10.5    10.1
BENTON            16       8       8    12.5    10.4    15.7
BOLIVAR           90      16      74    12.5    10.1    13.2
 
CALHOUN           15       6       9     8.1     5.0    13.8
CARROLL            6       4       2     6.3     8.3     4.2
CHICKASAW         29      11      18     9.4     7.0    11.8
CHOCTAW           15       5      10    13.4     7.9    20.4
CLAIBORNE         32       1      31    18.2     9.1    18.8
CLARKE            24       9      15     9.8     7.3    12.3
 
CLAY              28       8      20     8.0     7.2     8.4
COAHOMA           65       8      57    10.9     7.2    11.8
COPIAH            40      10      30    10.2     6.3    12.8
COVINGTON         23       6      17     7.7     4.0    11.5
DESOTO           112      86      26     8.0     7.2    13.0
FORREST          114      48      66    10.4     7.9    13.3
 
FRANKLIN          18       8      10    15.6    15.4    15.9
GEORGE            19      17       2     6.1     5.9     8.3
GREENE             8       6       2     4.9     4.8     5.3
GRENADA           36      13      23    11.1     8.2    14.0
HANCOCK           35      32       3     7.4     7.4     7.3
HARRISON         233     125     108     8.6     6.6    12.9
 
HINDS            544      98     446    13.7     9.1    15.4
HOLMES            46       2      44    11.2     4.3    12.1
HUMPHREYS         31       7      24    16.0    17.5    15.6
ISSAQUENA          0       0       0       -       -       -
ITAWAMBA          17      14       3     6.8     6.2    14.3
JACKSON          158      98      60     9.2     8.0    12.1
 
JASPER            32       9      23    10.9     8.9    12.0
JEFFERSON         18       1      17    12.8     9.1    13.2
JEFF DAVIS        20       5      15     9.8     8.6    10.2
JONES             86      35      51    10.1     6.6    15.9
KEMPER            17       0      17    12.6       -    18.7
LAFAYETTE         36      14      22     9.5     6.1    14.9
 
LAMAR             30      25       5     6.1     6.0     6.2
LAUDERDALE        78      25      53     6.8     4.3     9.2
LAWRENCE          16      12       4     8.4    10.0     5.7
LEAKE             31      15      16    10.6    11.4    10.1
LEE               99      50      49     8.8     6.4    14.2
LEFLORE           68       6      62     9.8     4.4    11.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE 6A - PAGE 2                                           
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 1996      
 
                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
LINCOLN           34      14      20     7.8     5.0    12.7
LOWNDES           89      26      63     8.6     5.4    11.5
MADISON          100      43      57     8.4     6.9    10.2
MARION            39      18      21    10.5     8.4    13.4
MARSHALL          60      18      42    11.5     8.8    13.3
MONROE            45      21      24     9.1     6.7    13.5
 
MONTGOMERY        22       9      13    11.1    10.8    11.3
NESHOBA           47      24      23    10.4     9.6    11.3
NEWTON            41      19      22    11.9    10.6    13.2
NOXUBEE           22       3      19    10.3     5.9    11.6
OKTIBBEHA         47       8      39     8.3     3.2    12.3
PANOLA            74      24      50    14.2    12.1    15.6
 
PEARL RIVER       40      36       4     6.7     7.2     4.2
PERRY             20       9      11    10.8     7.4    17.2
PIKE              43      10      33     8.2     4.6    10.7
PONTOTOC          29      21       8     8.5     7.3    15.1
PRENTISS          22      18       4     6.5     6.3     7.8
QUITMAN           16       1      15     8.6     3.1     9.8
 
RANKIN           113      70      43     7.8     6.0    14.5
SCOTT             46      25      21    10.5    10.9    10.1
SHARKEY           19       7      12    15.7    21.2    13.6
SIMPSON           36      17      19    10.1     9.6    10.7
SMITH             26      16      10    12.4    11.1    15.2
STONE             18      11       7    11.3     9.0    18.9
 
SUNFLOWER         64      10      54    12.4     8.6    13.5
TALLAHATCHIE      26      11      15    12.5    19.3     9.9
TATE              35      13      22    10.2     6.5    15.4
TIPPAH            36      19      17    11.8     8.2    23.6
TISHOMINGO        21      20       1     9.2     9.1    14.3
TUNICA            11       2       9     7.2     8.7     7.0
 
UNION             37      26      11    10.8     9.4    16.9
WALTHALL          12       3       9     5.7     3.5     7.1
WARREN            68      26      42     8.8     7.6     9.9
WASHINGTON       138      24     114    11.4     7.8    12.6
WAYNE             35      13      22    10.2     7.0    14.0
WEBSTER           10       5       5     7.8     5.6    12.5
 
WILKINSON         23       2      21    18.4     7.1    21.6
WINSTON           15       7       8     5.8     5.5     6.2
YALOBUSHA         14       9       5     7.8    10.6     5.3
YAZOO             42      13      29     9.7     9.0    10.1