SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF OKTIBBEHA 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 569 252 317 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 280 121 159 49.2 48.0 50.2
FEMALES 289 131 158 50.8 52.0 49.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 106 22 84 18.6 8.7 26.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 78 26 52 13.7 10.3 16.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 47 8 39 8.3 3.2 12.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 223 23 200 39.2 9.1 63.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 87 5 82 15.3 2.0 25.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 0.6
15-19 104 22 82 18.3 8.7 25.9
20-24 145 62 83 25.5 24.6 26.2
25-29 159 86 73 27.9 34.1 23.0
30-34 111 58 53 19.5 23.0 16.7
35-39 45 21 24 7.9 8.3 7.6
40-44 2 2 0 0.4 0.8 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 0.0 0.6
15-19 85 5 80 14.9 2.0 25.2
20-24 72 9 63 12.6 3.6 19.9
25-29 34 5 29 6.0 2.0 9.1
30-34 22 1 21 3.9 0.4 6.6
35-39 7 2 5 1.2 0.8 1.6
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.3
7-9 YEARS 29 3 26 5.1 1.2 8.2
10, 11 YEARS 70 16 54 12.3 6.3 17.0
12 YEARS 143 38 105 25.1 15.1 33.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 140 67 73 24.6 26.6 23.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 184 126 58 32.3 50.0 18.3
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 1 7 1.4 0.4 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 412 219 193 72.4 86.9 60.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 124 28 96 21.8 11.1 30.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 18 2 16 3.2 0.8 5.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 2 5 1.2 0.8 1.6
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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.
