SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 1,454 1,158 296 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 798 614 184 54.9 53.0 62.2
FEMALES 656 544 112 45.1 47.0 37.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 178 113 65 12.2 9.8 22.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 202 137 65 13.9 11.8 22.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 113 70 43 7.8 6.0 14.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 348 171 177 23.9 14.8 59.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 125 60 65 8.6 5.2 22.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 3 3 0.4 0.2 1.0
15-19 172 110 62 11.8 9.5 20.9
20-24 394 306 88 27.1 26.4 29.7
25-29 457 395 62 31.4 34.1 20.9
30-34 298 240 58 20.5 20.7 19.6
35-39 112 91 21 7.7 7.8 7.1
40-44 15 13 2 1.0 1.1 0.7
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 6 3 3 0.4 0.2 1.0
15-19 119 57 62 8.2 4.9 20.9
20-24 121 59 62 8.3 5.1 20.9
25-29 57 32 25 3.9 2.8 8.4
30-34 33 15 18 2.3 1.3 6.1
35-39 11 5 6 0.8 0.4 2.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 0.3
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 8 6 2 0.6 0.5 0.7
7-9 YEARS 87 70 17 6.0 6.0 5.7
10, 11 YEARS 144 88 56 9.9 7.6 18.9
12 YEARS 410 313 97 28.2 27.0 32.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 414 340 74 28.5 29.4 25.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 391 341 50 26.9 29.4 16.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 7 5 2 0.5 0.4 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,292 1,065 227 88.8 92.0 76.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 138 78 60 9.5 6.7 20.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 9 7 1.1 0.8 2.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.1 0.1 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.
