SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 393 159 234 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 190 78 112 48.3 49.0 47.9
FEMALES 203 81 122 51.6 50.9 52.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 100 28 72 25.4 17.6 30.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 65 20 45 16.5 12.6 19.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 40 10 30 10.2 6.3 12.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 212 40 172 53.9 25.2 73.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 17 68 21.6 10.7 29.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 0 5 1.3 0.0 2.1
15-19 95 28 67 24.2 17.6 28.6
20-24 127 45 82 32.3 28.3 35.0
25-29 99 52 47 25.2 32.7 20.1
30-34 47 23 24 12.0 14.5 10.2
35-39 15 10 5 3.8 6.3 2.1
40-44 5 1 4 1.3 0.6 1.7
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 5 0 5 1.3 0.0 2.1
15-19 80 17 63 20.4 10.7 26.9
20-24 76 13 63 19.3 8.2 26.9
25-29 31 5 26 7.9 3.1 11.1
30-34 17 5 12 4.3 3.1 5.1
35-39 3 0 3 0.8 0.0 1.3
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 3 1 2 0.8 0.6 0.8
7-9 YEARS 33 15 18 8.4 9.4 7.7
10, 11 YEARS 63 18 45 16.0 11.3 19.2
12 YEARS 140 47 93 35.6 29.6 39.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 111 51 60 28.2 32.1 25.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 42 27 15 10.7 17.0 6.4
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 2 3 1.3 1.2 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 315 141 174 80.2 88.7 74.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 57 12 45 14.5 7.5 19.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 13 3 10 3.3 1.9 4.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 1 2 0.8 0.6 0.8
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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.
