SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 595 501 94 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 309 260 49 51.9 51.9 52.1
FEMALES 286 241 45 48.1 48.1 47.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 119 94 25 20.0 18.8 26.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 72 52 20 12.1 10.4 21.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 40 36 4 6.7 7.2 4.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 181 115 66 30.4 23.0 70.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 73 51 22 12.3 10.2 23.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 119 94 25 20.0 18.8 26.6
20-24 226 187 39 38.0 37.3 41.5
25-29 141 127 14 23.7 25.3 14.9
30-34 80 69 11 13.4 13.8 11.7
35-39 25 20 5 4.2 4.0 5.3
40-44 4 4 0 0.7 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 73 51 22 12.3 10.2 23.4
20-24 75 44 31 12.6 8.8 33.0
25-29 20 12 8 3.4 2.4 8.5
30-34 8 7 1 1.3 1.4 1.1
35-39 5 1 4 0.8 0.2 4.2
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 74 68 6 12.4 13.6 6.4
10, 11 YEARS 85 64 21 14.3 12.8 22.3
12 YEARS 189 161 28 31.8 32.1 29.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 172 141 31 28.9 28.1 33.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 71 63 8 11.9 12.6 8.5
UNKNOWN 4 4 0 0.7 0.8 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 515 447 68 86.6 89.2 72.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 68 47 21 11.4 9.4 22.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 4 5 1.5 0.8 5.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 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.
