TABLE A6.  LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS IN SPECIFIED GROUP,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                             
                   NUMBER                     PERCENT        
AGE OF                        NON-                       NON-
MOTHER     TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE
 
TOTAL     18,458    3,995   14,463     45.0     18.6     74.0
 
UNDER 15     296       29      267     99.3     93.5    100.0
15-19      6,772    1,542    5,230     80.2     50.4     97.1
20-24      6,814    1,384    5,430     52.0     21.9     80.0
25-29      2,764      638    2,126     27.1     10.0     55.9
30-34      1,203      275      928     19.9      7.0     43.8
35-39        513      106      407     20.8      7.1     41.8
40-44         89       18       71     22.7      8.3     40.6
45-49          3        1        2     20.0     16.7     22.2
UNKNOWN        4        2        2                           
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE A7.  LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, FERTILITY RATES, AND
MEDIAN AGE OF MOTHER, BY TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
 
                                                                                            
                                                                             MEDIAN AGE     
TOTAL-          NUMBER               PERCENT         FERTILITY RATE**         OF MOTHER     
BIRTH                    NON-                 NON-                 NON-                 NON-
ORDER*    TOTAL  WHITE  WHITE  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   24.4   25.9   22.7
 
FIRST    14,762  7,895  6,867   36.0   36.8   35.2   23.5   21.3   26.6   21.0   22.9   19.5
SECOND   12,356  6,823  5,533   30.2   31.8   28.3   19.7   18.4   21.4   24.7   26.2   22.7
THIRD     7,577  3,892  3,685   18.5   18.1   18.9   12.0   10.5   14.3   26.6   28.1   24.8
FOURTH    3,564  1,735  1,829    8.7    8.1    9.4    5.7    4.7    7.1   27.8   29.5   26.2
FIFTH     1,456    612    844    3.6    2.8    4.3    2.3    1.6    3.3   29.0   30.8   27.6
SIXTH       669    254    415    1.6    1.2    2.1    1.1    0.7    1.6   30.6   32.1   29.8
SEVENTH     276    109    167    0.7    0.5    0.8    0.4    0.3    0.6   30.4   30.6   30.4
EIGHTH      119     53     66    0.3    0.2    0.3    0.2    0.1    0.2   33.6   35.0   32.2
NINTH        66     25     41    0.2    0.1    0.2    0.1    0.1    0.2   33.6   35.7   32.8
TENTH                                                                                       
 & OVER      90     25     65    0.2    0.1    0.3    0.1    0.1    0.2   35.1   34.0   36.0
UNKNOWN      43     24     19    0.1    0.1    0.1    0.1    0.1    0.1                     
 
 * INCLUDES ALL LIVE BIRTHS PLUS ALL FETAL DEATHS REGARDLESS OF LENGTH OF GESTATION.        
 
** LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.