TABLE A8.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE,
TIME DURING PREGNANCY CARE BEGAN, AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                            
                                NUMBER                      PERCENT         
PRENATAL CARE AND                         NON-                          NON-
TIME CARE BEGAN        TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE     TOTAL     WHITE     WHITE
 
TOTAL                 40,978   21,447   19,531     100.0     100.0     100.0
 
NO PRENATAL CARE         554      112      442       1.4       0.5       2.3
 
SOME PRENATAL CARE    40,297   21,298   18,999      98.3      99.3      97.3
  FIRST TRIMESTER     32,026   18,824   13,202      78.2      87.8      67.6
  SECOND TRIMESTER     6,994    2,118    4,876      17.1       9.9      25.0
  THIRD TRIMESTER      1,172      336      836       2.9       1.6       4.3
  UNKNOWN MONTH          105       20       85       0.2       0.1       0.4
 
UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY                                                         
  PRENATAL CARE          127       37       90       0.3       0.2       0.5
 

 
 
 
 
 
TABLE A9.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MATURITY AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                              
                                  NUMBER                      PERCENT         
                                            NON-                          NON-
MATURITY*                TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE     TOTAL     WHITE     WHITE
 
TOTAL                   40,978   21,447   19,531     100.0     100.0     100.0
 
IMMATURE ONLY**          1,612      668      944       3.9       3.1       4.8
PREMATURE ONLY**         3,698    1,469    2,229       9.0       6.8      11.4
BOTH IMMATURE AND                                                             
  PREMATURE              2,435      902    1,533       5.9       4.2       7.8
 
TOTAL IMMATURE           4,047    1,570    2,477       9.9       7.3      12.7
TOTAL PREMATURE          6,133    2,371    3,762      15.0      11.0      19.3
TOTAL IMMATURE AND/OR                                                         
  PREMATURE              7,745    3,039    4,706      18.9      14.2      24.1
 
NEITHER IMMATURE NOR                                                          
  PREMATURE**           33,233   18,408   14,825      81.1      85.8      75.9
 
 * IMMATURE - BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 5 1/2 POUNDS (2,500 GRAMS); PREMATURE -   
   GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS (CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE DATE OF THE    
   LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD PRIOR TO DELIVERY FROM THE DATE OF BIRTH).    
 
** BIRTHS CLASSIFIED AS IMMATURE ONLY OR AS PREMATURE ONLY INCLUDE SOME FOR   
   WHICH THE OTHER MEASUREMENT WAS UNKNOWN.  THOSE CLASSIFIED AS NEITHER      
   IMMATURE NOR PREMATURE INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH ONE OR BOTH MEASUREMENTS     
   WERE UNKNOWN.