SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA COUNTY, 1996
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
---------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMBER PERCENT
-------------------------------------------
NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
---------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL BIRTHS 152 23 129 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 72 9 63 47.4 39.1 48.8
FEMALES 80 14 66 52.6 60.9 51.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 55 4 51 36.2 17.4 39.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 29 4 25 19.1 17.4 19.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 11 2 9 7.2 8.7 7.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 5 111 76.3 21.7 86.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 1 50 33.6 4.3 38.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 0.8
15-19 54 4 50 35.5 17.4 38.8
20-24 46 7 39 30.3 30.4 30.2
25-29 33 8 25 21.7 34.8 19.4
30-34 9 3 6 5.9 13.0 4.6
35-39 5 0 5 3.3 0.0 3.9
40-44 3 1 2 2.0 4.3 1.6
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 0.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 0.8
15-19 50 1 49 32.9 4.3 38.0
20-24 39 4 35 25.6 17.4 27.1
25-29 19 0 19 12.5 0.0 14.7
30-34 4 0 4 2.6 0.0 3.1
35-39 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 0.8
40-44 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 0.8
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 0.8
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 15 4 11 9.9 17.4 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 33 2 31 21.7 8.7 24.0
12 YEARS 67 3 64 44.1 13.0 49.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 24 3 21 15.8 13.0 16.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 12 10 2 7.9 43.5 1.6
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.6 4.3 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 0 6 3.9 0.0 4.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 94 21 73 61.8 91.3 56.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 42 1 41 27.6 4.3 31.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 8 1 7 5.3 4.3 5.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 1.3 0.0 1.6
---------------------------------------------------------------------
* 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.
