SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TIPPAH 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 304 232 72 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 153 118 35 50.3 50.9 48.6
FEMALES 151 114 37 49.7 49.1 51.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 77 53 24 25.3 22.8 33.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 51 33 18 16.8 14.2 25.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 19 17 11.8 8.2 23.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 95 47 48 31.2 20.2 66.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 23 24 15.5 9.9 33.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 1.0 0.9 1.4
15-19 74 51 23 24.3 22.0 31.9
20-24 91 66 25 29.9 28.4 34.7
25-29 80 67 13 26.3 28.9 18.0
30-34 43 36 7 14.1 15.5 9.7
35-39 12 9 3 3.9 3.9 4.2
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 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 3 2 1 1.0 0.9 1.4
15-19 44 21 23 14.5 9.0 31.9
20-24 26 10 16 8.6 4.3 22.2
25-29 12 6 6 3.9 2.6 8.3
30-34 8 6 2 2.6 2.6 2.8
35-39 2 2 0 0.6 0.9 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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 29 24 5 9.5 10.3 6.9
10, 11 YEARS 57 41 16 18.8 17.7 22.2
12 YEARS 119 88 31 39.1 37.9 43.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 74 56 18 24.3 24.1 25.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 25 23 2 8.2 9.9 2.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.6 0.9 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 264 207 57 86.8 89.2 79.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 31 20 11 10.2 8.6 15.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 3 4 2.3 1.3 5.6
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.
