SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 341 288 53 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 167 140 27 49.0 48.6 50.9
FEMALES 174 148 26 51.0 51.4 49.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 54 39 15 15.8 13.5 28.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 58 47 11 17.0 16.3 20.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 29 21 8 8.5 7.3 15.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 76 40 36 22.3 13.9 67.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 13 14 7.9 4.5 26.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 54 39 15 15.8 13.5 28.3
20-24 116 97 19 34.0 33.7 35.8
25-29 93 80 13 27.3 27.8 24.5
30-34 57 52 5 16.7 18.0 9.4
35-39 18 17 1 5.3 5.9 1.9
40-44 3 3 0 0.9 1.0 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 27 13 14 7.9 4.5 26.4
20-24 33 18 15 9.7 6.2 28.3
25-29 11 6 5 3.2 2.1 9.4
30-34 4 2 2 1.2 0.7 3.8
35-39 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 0.0
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 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 0.0
1-6 YEARS 3 3 0 0.9 1.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 35 30 5 10.3 10.4 9.4
10, 11 YEARS 46 35 11 13.5 12.2 20.8
12 YEARS 114 90 24 33.4 31.2 45.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 91 81 10 26.7 28.1 18.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 51 48 3 15.0 16.7 5.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 0.6 0.3 1.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 295 256 39 86.5 88.9 73.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 40 27 13 11.7 9.4 24.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 4 0 1.2 1.4 0.0
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.
