SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHICKASAW 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 310 158 152 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 135 74 61 43.5 46.8 40.1
FEMALES 175 84 91 56.4 53.2 59.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 76 26 50 24.5 16.4 32.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 53 15 38 17.1 9.5 25.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 29 11 18 9.4 7.0 11.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 132 22 110 42.6 13.9 72.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 62 13 49 20.0 8.2 32.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 76 26 50 24.5 16.4 32.9
20-24 101 43 58 32.6 27.2 38.2
25-29 73 49 24 23.5 31.0 15.8
30-34 36 25 11 11.6 15.8 7.2
35-39 19 12 7 6.1 7.6 4.6
40-44 5 3 2 1.6 1.9 1.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 62 13 49 20.0 8.2 32.2
20-24 47 5 42 15.2 3.2 27.6
25-29 14 1 13 4.5 0.6 8.6
30-34 3 0 3 1.0 0.0 2.0
35-39 6 3 3 1.9 1.9 2.0
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 5 5 0 1.6 3.2 0.0
7-9 YEARS 48 22 26 15.5 13.9 17.1
10, 11 YEARS 60 18 42 19.4 11.4 27.6
12 YEARS 99 46 53 31.9 29.1 34.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 64 43 21 20.6 27.2 13.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 33 24 9 10.6 15.2 5.9
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 1.3 0.0 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 242 134 108 78.1 84.8 71.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 59 23 36 19.0 14.6 23.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 1 3 1.3 0.6 2.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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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.
