LIVE BIRTHS
 
 
TABLE A1.  BIRTHS AND AVERAGE PER DAY, BY MONTH
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                   
                        AVERAGE                             AVERAGE
MONTH        BIRTHS     PER DAY     MONTH        BIRTHS     PER DAY
 
TOTAL        40,978         112                                    
 
JANUARY       3,521         114     JULY          3,753         121
FEBRUARY      3,071         110     AUGUST        3,857         124
MARCH         3,241         104     SEPTEMBER     3,624         121
APRIL         3,051         102     OCTOBER       3,505         113
MAY           3,147         102     NOVEMBER      3,389         113
JUNE          3,160         105     DECEMBER      3,659         118

 
 
 
 
 
TABLE A2.  PERCENTAGE OF LIVE BIRTHS IN HOSPITALS OR CLINICS,
BY YEAR AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970-1996

 
                                                             
                        NON-                             NON-
YEAR   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE     YEAR   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
1940    14.1    27.1     3.9                                 
1950    46.1    83.3    18.9                                 
1960    73.2    99.0    51.3                                 
 
1970#   90.0    99.7    79.7     1980#   99.4    99.7    99.1
1971#   92.2    99.6    84.2     1981#   99.3    99.6    99.0
1972#   95.2    99.8    90.4     1982#   99.4    99.6    99.2
1973#   96.4    99.7    92.8     1983#   99.5    99.6    99.4
1974#   97.4    99.7    94.8     1984#   99.5    99.6    99.4
1975#   97.9    99.6    96.0     1985#   99.6    99.7    99.4
1976#   98.5    99.7    97.3     1986#   99.6    99.7    99.5
1977#   98.9    99.7    98.1     1987#   99.6    99.8    99.5
1978#   99.1    99.7    98.4     1988#   99.6    99.7    99.6
1979#   99.3    99.7    98.9     1989#   99.6    99.8    99.5
 
                                 1990#   99.6    99.6    99.6
                                 1991#   99.6    99.6    99.6
                                 1992#   99.7    99.7    99.7
                                 1993#   99.7    99.7    99.6
                                 1994#   99.7    99.7    99.7
                                 1995#   99.7    99.7    99.6
                                 1996#   99.7    99.7    99.7
     
* FIGURES FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 1989 ARE BY RACE OF CHILD;      
  BEGINNING IN 1989 FIGURES SHOWN ARE BY RACE OF MOTHER.     
 
# INCLUDES BIRTHS IN ANY FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL     
  CARE; PRIOR TO 1970 ONLY BIRTHS IN FACILITIES PROVIDING    
  INPATIENT CARE WERE INCLUDED.