SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 1,391 1,191 200 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 732 623 109 52.6 52.3 54.5
FEMALES 659 568 91 47.4 47.7 45.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 187 127 60 13.4 10.7 30.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 135 108 27 9.7 9.1 13.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 112 86 26 8.0 7.2 13.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 348 216 132 25.0 18.1 66.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 132 74 58 9.5 6.2 29.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.1 0.1 0.0
15-19 186 126 60 13.4 10.6 30.0
20-24 371 315 56 26.7 26.4 28.0
25-29 448 402 46 32.2 33.8 23.0
30-34 274 247 27 19.7 20.7 13.5
35-39 96 87 9 6.9 7.3 4.5
40-44 14 13 1 1.0 1.1 0.5
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.1 0.1 0.0
15-19 131 73 58 9.4 6.1 29.0
20-24 120 75 45 8.6 6.3 22.5
25-29 59 40 19 4.2 3.4 9.5
30-34 25 20 5 1.8 1.7 2.5
35-39 9 5 4 0.6 0.4 2.0
40-44 2 2 0 0.1 0.2 0.0
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.5
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 6 6 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
7-9 YEARS 72 58 14 5.2 4.9 7.0
10, 11 YEARS 181 136 45 13.0 11.4 22.5
12 YEARS 503 418 85 36.2 35.1 42.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 368 332 36 26.4 27.9 18.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 247 231 16 17.8 19.4 8.0
UNKNOWN 14 10 4 1.0 0.8 2.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 10 8 2 0.7 0.7 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,240 1,090 150 89.1 91.5 75.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 111 76 35 8.0 6.4 17.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 18 12 6 1.3 1.0 3.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 12 5 7 0.9 0.4 3.5
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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.
