SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NESHOBA 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 453 250 203 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 222 130 92 49.0 52.0 45.3
FEMALES 231 120 111 51.0 48.0 54.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 103 42 61 22.7 16.8 30.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 72 32 40 15.9 12.8 19.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 47 24 23 10.4 9.6 11.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 186 46 140 41.1 18.4 69.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 72 19 53 15.9 7.6 26.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
15-19 102 41 61 22.5 16.4 30.0
20-24 155 84 71 34.2 33.6 35.0
25-29 110 72 38 24.3 28.8 18.7
30-34 56 34 22 12.4 13.6 10.8
35-39 27 16 11 6.0 6.4 5.4
40-44 2 2 0 0.4 0.8 0.0
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 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
15-19 71 18 53 15.7 7.2 26.1
20-24 64 13 51 14.1 5.2 25.1
25-29 27 8 19 6.0 3.2 9.4
30-34 13 5 8 2.9 2.0 3.9
35-39 10 1 9 2.2 0.4 4.4
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 2 2 0 0.4 0.8 0.0
7-9 YEARS 51 16 35 11.2 6.4 17.2
10, 11 YEARS 92 35 57 20.3 14.0 28.1
12 YEARS 155 90 65 34.2 36.0 32.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 108 71 37 23.8 28.4 18.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 45 36 9 9.9 14.4 4.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 3 5 1.8 1.2 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 355 218 137 78.4 87.2 67.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 76 24 52 16.8 9.6 25.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 14 5 9 3.1 2.0 4.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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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.
