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.