TABLE A4.  LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND FERTILITY RATES,
 BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
 MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                            
                  NUMBER               PERCENT            FERTILITY RATE*   
AGE OF                     NON-                 NON-                    NON-
MOTHER      TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
TOTAL      40,978 21,447 19,531  100.0  100.0  100.0    65.2    58.0    75.6
 
UNDER 15      298     31    267    0.7    0.1    1.4     2.8     0.5     5.4
15-19       8,447  3,059  5,388   20.6   14.3   27.6    76.3    51.8   104.3
20-24      13,112  6,322  6,790   32.0   29.5   34.8   114.7    99.0   134.5
25-29      10,207  6,402  3,805   24.9   29.8   19.5   105.6   113.9    94.0
30-34       6,032  3,911  2,121   14.7   18.2   10.9    58.3    61.5    53.2
35-39       2,468  1,494    974    6.0    7.0    5.0    23.2    22.7    23.8
40-44         392    217    175    1.0    1.0    0.9     4.1     3.5     5.0
45-49          15      6      9     **     **     **     0.2     0.1     0.3
UNKNOWN         7      5      2     **     **     **                        
 
 * FOR TOTAL GROUP - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE; FOR  
   SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED GROUP.  
 
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE A5.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED BY MOTHER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                       
YEARS OF SCHOOL               NUMBER               PERCENT*         CUMULATIVE PERCENT*
COMPLETED BY                           NON-                  NON-                  NON-
MOTHER                TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE   TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE
 
TOTAL BIRTHS         40,978  21,447  19,531   100.0  100.0  100.0                      
 
0-6 YEARS               251     126     125     0.6    0.6    0.6     0.6    0.6    0.6
7-9 YEARS             3,853   1,784   2,069     9.4    8.3   10.6    10.0    8.9   11.3
10, 11 YEARS          6,782   2,547   4,235    16.6   11.9   21.7    26.6   20.8   33.0
12 YEARS             13,581   6,431   7,150    33.2   30.0   36.7    59.8   50.8   69.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE    10,288   5,896   4,392    25.2   27.5   22.5    85.0   78.4   92.2
4 OR MORE YEARS                                                                        
  COLLEGE             6,134   4,625   1,509    15.0   21.6    7.7   100.0  100.0  100.0
UNKNOWN                  89      38      51                                            
 
MEDIAN YEARS                                                                           
COMPLETED*             12.7    13.0    12.5                                            
 
* CALCULATIONS EXCLUDE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WITH EDUCATION UNKNOWN.