SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HINDS 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 3,966 1,077 2,889 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,064 539 1,525 52.0 50.0 52.8
FEMALES 1,902 538 1,364 48.0 50.0 47.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 799 98 701 20.1 9.1 24.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 767 129 638 19.3 12.0 22.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 544 98 446 13.7 9.1 15.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,225 190 2,035 56.1 17.6 70.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 749 60 689 18.9 5.6 23.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 36 2 34 0.9 0.2 1.2
15-19 763 96 667 19.2 8.9 23.1
20-24 1,192 224 968 30.0 20.8 33.5
25-29 1,003 371 632 25.3 34.4 21.9
30-34 605 244 361 15.2 22.6 12.5
35-39 308 122 186 7.8 11.3 6.4
40-44 58 18 40 1.5 1.7 1.4
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # 0.0 #
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 36 2 34 0.9 0.2 1.2
15-19 713 58 655 18.0 5.4 22.7
20-24 854 65 789 21.5 6.0 27.3
25-29 368 40 328 9.3 3.7 11.4
30-34 168 18 150 4.2 1.7 5.2
35-39 70 7 63 1.8 0.6 2.2
40-44 16 0 16 0.4 0.0 0.6
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 15 3 12 0.4 0.3 0.4
7-9 YEARS 248 55 193 6.2 5.1 6.7
10, 11 YEARS 567 80 487 14.3 7.4 16.8
12 YEARS 1,164 216 948 29.3 20.0 32.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,143 316 827 28.8 29.3 28.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 821 405 416 20.7 37.6 14.4
UNKNOWN 8 2 6 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 79 6 73 2.0 0.6 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,084 975 2,109 77.8 90.5 73.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 690 78 612 17.4 7.2 21.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 94 14 80 2.4 1.3 2.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 19 4 15 0.5 0.4 0.5
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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.
