SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 432 144 288 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 208 71 137 48.1 49.3 47.6
FEMALES 224 73 151 51.8 50.7 52.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 104 18 86 24.1 12.5 29.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 77 21 56 17.8 14.6 19.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 42 13 29 9.7 9.0 10.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 269 26 243 62.3 18.0 84.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 93 7 86 21.5 4.9 29.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 1.4 0.0 2.1
15-19 98 18 80 22.7 12.5 27.8
20-24 151 43 108 35.0 29.9 37.5
25-29 91 42 49 21.1 29.2 17.0
30-34 60 33 27 13.9 22.9 9.4
35-39 22 7 15 5.1 4.9 5.2
40-44 3 1 2 0.7 0.7 0.7
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 0 6 1.4 0.0 2.1
15-19 87 7 80 20.1 4.9 27.8
20-24 113 14 99 26.2 9.7 34.4
25-29 38 2 36 8.8 1.4 12.5
30-34 20 3 17 4.6 2.1 5.9
35-39 5 0 5 1.2 0.0 1.7
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 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.3
7-9 YEARS 44 12 32 10.2 8.3 11.1
10, 11 YEARS 97 25 72 22.4 17.4 25.0
12 YEARS 157 35 122 36.3 24.3 42.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 83 36 47 19.2 25.0 16.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 50 36 14 11.6 25.0 4.9
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 1 7 1.8 0.7 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 327 127 200 75.7 88.2 69.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 84 14 70 19.4 9.7 24.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 13 2 11 3.0 1.4 3.8
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.
