SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TALLAHATCHIE 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 208 57 151 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 115 31 84 55.3 54.4 55.6
FEMALES 93 26 67 44.7 45.6 44.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 71 12 59 34.1 21.0 39.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 37 11 26 17.8 19.3 17.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 26 11 15 12.5 19.3 9.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 145 14 131 69.7 24.6 86.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 65 6 59 31.2 10.5 39.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 1.9 0.0 2.6
15-19 67 12 55 32.2 21.0 36.4
20-24 63 14 49 30.3 24.6 32.4
25-29 43 16 27 20.7 28.1 17.9
30-34 25 11 14 12.0 19.3 9.3
35-39 5 4 1 2.4 7.0 0.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 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 4 0 4 1.9 0.0 2.6
15-19 61 6 55 29.3 10.5 36.4
20-24 46 5 41 22.1 8.8 27.2
25-29 23 3 20 11.0 5.3 13.2
30-34 10 0 10 4.8 0.0 6.6
35-39 1 0 1 0.5 0.0 0.7
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 2 1 1 1.0 1.8 0.7
7-9 YEARS 37 5 32 17.8 8.8 21.2
10, 11 YEARS 43 6 37 20.7 10.5 24.5
12 YEARS 84 22 62 40.4 38.6 41.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 32 16 16 15.4 28.1 10.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 9 6 3 4.3 10.5 2.0
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.5 1.8 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 1.9 0.0 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 142 48 94 68.3 84.2 62.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 54 8 46 26.0 14.0 30.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 0 5 2.4 0.0 3.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 1 2 1.4 1.8 1.3
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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.
