SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TISHOMINGO 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 227 220 7 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 113 111 2 49.8 50.4 28.6
FEMALES 114 109 5 50.2 49.5 71.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 39 36 3 17.2 16.4 42.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 35 34 1 15.4 15.4 14.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 21 20 1 9.2 9.1 14.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 53 47 6 23.3 21.4 85.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 16 13 3 7.0 5.9 42.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-19 39 36 3 17.2 16.4 42.8
20-24 83 80 3 36.6 36.4 42.8
25-29 60 59 1 26.4 26.8 14.3
30-34 32 32 0 14.1 14.5 0.0
35-39 11 11 0 4.8 5.0 0.0
40-44 2 2 0 0.9 0.9 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 16 13 3 7.0 5.9 42.8
20-24 24 22 2 10.6 10.0 28.6
25-29 9 8 1 4.0 3.6 14.3
30-34 3 3 0 1.3 1.4 0.0
35-39 1 1 0 0.4 0.4 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 1 1 0 0.4 0.4 0.0
7-9 YEARS 19 17 2 8.4 7.7 28.6
10, 11 YEARS 40 37 3 17.6 16.8 42.8
12 YEARS 76 74 2 33.5 33.6 28.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 62 62 0 27.3 28.2 0.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 29 29 0 12.8 13.2 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.4 0.4 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 201 196 5 88.5 89.1 71.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 21 21 0 9.2 9.5 0.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 4 2 2 1.8 0.9 28.6
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.
