TABLE 7
PREMATURE* LIVE BIRTHS 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          6,133   2,371   3,762    15.0    11.0    19.3
 
ADAMS             84      18      66    16.4    10.3    19.6
ALCORN            54      34      20    13.2    10.3    25.6
AMITE             15       7       8    10.8     9.4    12.3
ATTALA            38      17      21    15.7    12.8    19.3
BENTON            19       8      11    14.8    10.4    21.6
BOLIVAR          135      20     115    18.7    12.6    20.5
 
CALHOUN           26      17       9    14.0    14.2    13.8
CARROLL            8       3       5     8.4     6.2    10.6
CHICKASAW         53      15      38    17.1     9.5    25.0
CHOCTAW           21       7      14    18.8    11.1    28.6
CLAIBORNE         43       2      41    24.4    18.2    24.8
CLARKE            35      12      23    14.3     9.8    18.8
 
CLAY              43       5      38    12.4     4.5    16.0
COAHOMA          123      15     108    20.7    13.5    22.4
COPIAH            65      20      45    16.5    12.6    19.2
COVINGTON         45      14      31    15.0     9.3    20.9
DESOTO           135     108      27     9.7     9.1    13.5
FORREST          167      69      98    15.2    11.4    19.8
 
FRANKLIN          23      12      11    20.0    23.1    17.5
GEORGE            33      27       6    10.6     9.4    25.0
GREENE            24      22       2    14.8    17.7     5.3
GRENADA           54      19      35    16.7    12.0    21.3
HANCOCK           52      44       8    11.0    10.2    19.5
HARRISON         363     204     159    13.4    10.8    19.0
 
HINDS            767     129     638    19.3    12.0    22.1
HOLMES            80       7      73    19.6    15.2    20.1
HUMPHREYS         41       6      35    21.1    15.0    22.7
ISSAQUENA          1       0       1     6.7     0.0     9.1
ITAWAMBA          27      21       6    10.9     9.2    28.6
JACKSON          228     139      89    13.2    11.3    17.9
 
JASPER            35       9      26    11.9     8.9    13.5
JEFFERSON         20       1      19    14.3     9.1    14.7
JEFF DAVIS        35       9      26    17.1    15.5    17.7
JONES             97      44      53    11.4     8.3    16.6
KEMPER            23       2      21    17.0     4.5    23.1
LAFAYETTE         51      23      28    13.5    10.0    18.9
 
LAMAR             51      40      11    10.3     9.7    13.8
LAUDERDALE       125      40      85    10.9     6.9    14.8
LAWRENCE          31      16      15    16.3    13.3    21.4
LEAKE             58      23      35    19.9    17.4    22.0
LEE              137      73      64    12.2     9.4    18.6
LEFLORE          106       8      98    15.3     5.8    17.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE 7 - PAGE 2                                            
PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1996                  
 
                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
LINCOLN           56      27      29    12.9     9.7    18.5
LOWNDES          132      41      91    12.8     8.5    16.6
MADISON          165      67      98    13.9    10.7    17.5
MARION            61      26      35    16.5    12.2    22.3
MARSHALL          84      22      62    16.2    10.8    19.6
MONROE            68      30      38    13.8     9.5    21.3
 
MONTGOMERY        34      11      23    17.2    13.2    20.0
NESHOBA           72      32      40    15.9    12.8    19.7
NEWTON            44      19      25    12.8    10.6    15.1
NOXUBEE           25       3      22    11.7     5.9    13.5
OKTIBBEHA         78      26      52    13.7    10.3    16.4
PANOLA           108      31      77    20.8    15.6    24.0
 
PEARL RIVER       72      52      20    12.1    10.4    21.3
PERRY             32      11      21    17.3     9.1    32.8
PIKE              63      18      45    12.0     8.3    14.6
PONTOTOC          58      47      11    17.0    16.3    20.8
PRENTISS          46      36      10    13.7    12.6    19.6
QUITMAN           29       3      26    15.7     9.4    17.0
 
RANKIN           202     137      65    13.9    11.8    22.0
SCOTT             68      38      30    15.6    16.5    14.5
SHARKEY           26       8      18    21.5    24.2    20.4
SIMPSON           61      24      37    17.2    13.6    20.8
SMITH             34      23      11    16.2    16.0    16.7
STONE             26      16      10    16.4    13.1    27.0
 
SUNFLOWER        113      16      97    21.9    13.8    24.3
TALLAHATCHIE      37      11      26    17.8    19.3    17.2
TATE              58      18      40    16.9     9.0    28.0
TIPPAH            51      33      18    16.8    14.2    25.0
TISHOMINGO        35      34       1    15.4    15.4    14.3
TUNICA            29       4      25    19.1    17.4    19.4
 
UNION             66      47      19    19.3    17.0    29.2
WALTHALL          15       5      10     7.1     5.9     7.9
WARREN           106      40      66    13.8    11.6    15.5
WASHINGTON       195      30     165    16.1     9.8    18.3
WAYNE             43      22      21    12.5    11.8    13.4
WEBSTER           16       8       8    12.4     9.0    20.0
 
WILKINSON         24       5      19    19.2    17.8    19.6
WINSTON           36      14      22    14.0    11.0    16.9
YALOBUSHA         17       6      11     9.5     7.0    11.7
YAZOO             77      21      56    17.8    14.6    19.4
 
* GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.