SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1996
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 409 331 78 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 222 187 35 54.3 56.5 44.9
FEMALES 187 144 43 45.7 43.5 55.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 85 62 23 20.8 18.7 29.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 54 34 20 13.2 10.3 25.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 38 26 12 9.3 7.8 15.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 122 69 53 29.8 20.8 67.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 28 23 12.5 8.4 29.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.7 0.6 1.3
15-19 82 60 22 20.0 18.1 28.2
20-24 139 116 23 34.0 35.0 29.5
25-29 106 92 14 25.9 27.8 17.9
30-34 60 47 13 14.7 14.2 16.7
35-39 15 11 4 3.7 3.3 5.1
40-44 3 3 0 0.7 0.9 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 1.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.7 0.6 1.3
15-19 48 26 22 11.7 7.8 28.2
20-24 43 26 17 10.5 7.8 21.8
25-29 16 9 7 3.9 2.7 9.0
30-34 6 3 3 1.5 0.9 3.8
35-39 4 2 2 1.0 0.6 2.6
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 1.3
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 0.0
7-9 YEARS 53 47 6 13.0 14.2 7.7
10, 11 YEARS 77 60 17 18.8 18.1 21.8
12 YEARS 143 111 32 35.0 33.5 41.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 92 74 18 22.5 22.4 23.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 42 38 4 10.3 11.5 5.1
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 1.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 1.0 0.3 3.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 348 290 58 85.1 87.6 74.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 52 36 16 12.7 10.9 20.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 0.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.7 0.6 1.3
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
