SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI, 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 40,978 21,447 19,531 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 21,057 11,156 9,901 51.4 52.0 50.7
FEMALES 19,921 10,291 9,630 48.6 48.0 49.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 8,745 3,090 5,655 21.3 14.4 29.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 6,133 2,371 3,762 15.0 11.0 19.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 4,047 1,570 2,477 9.9 7.3 12.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18,458 3,995 14,463 45.0 18.6 74.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 7,068 1,571 5,497 17.2 7.3 28.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 298 31 267 0.7 0.1 1.4
15-19 8,447 3,059 5,388 20.6 14.3 27.6
20-24 13,112 6,322 6,790 32.0 29.5 34.8
25-29 10,207 6,402 3,805 24.9 29.8 19.5
30-34 6,032 3,911 2,121 14.7 18.2 10.9
35-39 2,468 1,494 974 6.0 7.0 5.0
40-44 392 217 175 1.0 1.0 0.9
45 AND OVER 15 6 9 # # #
UNKNOWN 7 5 2 # # #
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 296 29 267 0.7 0.1 1.4
15-19 6,772 1,542 5,230 16.5 7.2 26.8
20-24 6,814 1,384 5,430 16.6 6.4 27.8
25-29 2,764 638 2,126 6.7 3.0 10.9
30-34 1,203 275 928 2.9 1.3 4.8
35-39 513 106 407 1.2 0.5 2.1
40-44 89 18 71 0.2 0.1 0.4
45 AND OVER 3 1 2 # # #
UNKNOWN 4 2 2 # # #
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 7 2 5 # # #
1-6 YEARS 244 124 120 0.6 0.6 0.6
7-9 YEARS 3,853 1,784 2,069 9.4 8.3 10.6
10, 11 YEARS 6,782 2,547 4,235 16.6 11.9 21.7
12 YEARS 13,581 6,431 7,150 33.1 30.0 36.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,288 5,896 4,392 25.1 27.5 22.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 6,134 4,625 1,509 15.0 21.6 7.7
UNKNOWN 89 38 51 0.2 0.2 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 554 112 442 1.4 0.5 2.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 32,026 18,824 13,202 78.2 87.8 67.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 6,994 2,118 4,876 17.1 9.9 25.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 1,172 336 836 2.9 1.6 4.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 232 57 175 0.6 0.3 0.9
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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.