SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PANOLA 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 519 198 321 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 266 105 161 51.2 53.0 50.2
FEMALES 253 93 160 48.7 47.0 49.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 135 40 95 26.0 20.2 29.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 108 31 77 20.8 15.6 24.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 74 24 50 14.2 12.1 15.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 293 39 254 56.4 19.7 79.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 23 93 22.4 11.6 29.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 1 8 1.7 0.5 2.5
15-19 126 39 87 24.3 19.7 27.1
20-24 183 68 115 35.3 34.3 35.8
25-29 108 48 60 20.8 24.2 18.7
30-34 64 31 33 12.3 15.6 10.3
35-39 25 10 15 4.8 5.0 4.7
40-44 4 1 3 0.8 0.5 0.9
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 9 1 8 1.7 0.5 2.5
15-19 107 22 85 20.6 11.1 26.5
20-24 110 12 98 21.2 6.1 30.5
25-29 43 4 39 8.3 2.0 12.2
30-34 15 0 15 2.9 0.0 4.7
35-39 6 0 6 1.2 0.0 1.9
40-44 3 0 3 0.6 0.0 0.9
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 6 3 3 1.2 1.5 0.9
7-9 YEARS 74 28 46 14.2 14.1 14.3
10, 11 YEARS 114 26 88 22.0 13.1 27.4
12 YEARS 183 54 129 35.3 27.3 40.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 94 54 40 18.1 27.3 12.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 44 31 13 8.5 15.6 4.0
UNKNOWN 4 2 2 0.8 1.0 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 0 6 1.2 0.0 1.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 388 177 211 74.8 89.4 65.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 105 18 87 20.2 9.1 27.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 3 13 3.1 1.5 4.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 0 4 0.8 0.0 1.2
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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.
