TABLE 1A
LIVE BIRTHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
ALSO LIVE BIRTHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
(PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE),
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 40,612 20,892 19,720 41,527 22,021 19,506 15.4 13.0 19.5
ADAMS 977 372 605 479 185 294 13.3 10.3 16.3
ALCORN 397 324 73 446 379 67 14.0 13.5 17.6
AMITE 0 0 0 167 93 74 12.0 12.4 11.6
ATTALA 196 98 98 251 116 135 13.8 10.9 17.8
BENTON 0 0 0 111 63 48 14.2 13.8 14.6
BOLIVAR 667 116 551 682 159 523 16.4 11.5 18.9
CALHOUN 0 0 0 226 126 100 15.4 12.1 23.8
CARROLL 0 0 0 91 45 46 9.2 7.6 11.7
CHICKASAW 0 0 0 315 153 162 17.8 14.6 22.5
CHOCTAW 1 0 1 113 72 41 12.6 11.8 14.5
CLAIBORNE 22 0 22 205 19 186 18.1 10.2 19.6
CLARKE 0 0 0 229 127 102 13.3 11.5 16.5
CLAY 390 146 244 346 114 232 15.9 11.8 19.3
COAHOMA 1,164 243 921 609 112 497 18.7 10.3 22.9
COPIAH 228 55 173 386 142 244 13.8 10.7 16.5
COVINGTON 205 70 135 287 152 135 17.9 15.1 22.8
DESOTO 898 513 385 1,467 1,250 217 16.6 16.6 16.1
FORREST 2,817 1,927 890 1,122 630 492 15.5 12.8 21.0
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 110 54 56 13.8 11.1 18.0
GEORGE 148 115 33 346 301 45 19.3 18.8 23.5
GREENE 0 0 0 123 94 29 11.0 10.8 11.7
GRENADA 729 343 386 312 150 162 14.2 12.0 17.1
HANCOCK 293 256 37 449 403 46 12.4 12.6 11.1
HARRISON 3,220 2,353 867 2,763 1,963 800 16.2 15.0 20.1
HINDS 6,302 1,870 4,432 4,059 1,125 2,934 16.0 9.7 21.4
HOLMES 129 8 121 363 49 314 17.5 10.5 19.5
HUMPHREYS 2 0 2 180 37 143 15.7 10.6 17.9
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 19 6 13 10.5 7.8 12.6
ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 263 229 34 13.3 12.4 24.6
JACKSON 1,309 860 449 1,768 1,235 533 13.3 12.0 17.8
JASPER 0 0 0 292 103 189 16.9 12.6 20.8
JEFFERSON 1 0 1 142 5 137 17.1 4.8 18.9
JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 187 61 126 13.8 10.8 16.0
JONES 1,067 494 573 964 613 351 15.5 13.4 21.3
KEMPER 1 1 0 117 28 89 11.1 6.5 14.2
LAFAYETTE 810 472 338 430 260 170 12.5 10.4 18.0
LAMAR 631 429 202 579 477 102 18.4 17.4 25.0
LAUDERDALE 2,320 1,284 1,036 1,131 607 524 14.8 12.6 18.6
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 156 77 79 12.8 9.7 18.8
LEAKE 3 1 2 329 163 166 17.7 14.9 21.6
LEE 2,278 1,728 550 1,153 774 379 15.6 13.6 22.8
LEFLORE 775 136 639 670 142 528 18.1 10.5 22.5
TABLE 1A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 580 374 206 453 294 159 14.2 13.3 16.1
LOWNDES 1,110 487 623 1,042 503 539 16.9 13.4 22.6
MADISON 341 9 332 1,144 608 536 16.8 15.2 19.0
MARION 1 1 0 397 235 162 15.9 13.8 20.5
MARSHALL 1 1 0 529 224 305 16.3 14.2 18.4
MONROE 779 533 246 456 292 164 12.5 11.7 14.2
MONTGOMERY 50 8 42 185 83 102 15.6 13.1 18.3
NESHOBA 4 0 4 423 233 190 15.7 12.8 21.7
NEWTON 3 1 2 317 177 140 14.6 12.3 19.4
NOXUBEE 6 0 6 235 52 183 19.4 16.0 20.6
OKTIBBEHA 1,113 500 613 536 240 296 13.7 10.0 19.8
PANOLA 3 0 3 548 206 342 16.2 11.7 21.1
PEARL RIVER 333 247 86 611 512 99 14.6 14.5 14.8
PERRY 0 0 0 200 139 61 17.7 16.1 22.5
PIKE 806 366 440 579 250 329 15.5 12.8 18.5
PONTOTOC 6 6 0 347 282 65 13.9 13.4 16.0
PRENTISS 112 99 13 321 274 47 13.6 13.3 15.8
QUITMAN 2 0 2 171 34 137 18.0 10.4 22.1
RANKIN 2,769 2,300 469 1,534 1,239 295 14.9 14.7 15.8
SCOTT 6 1 5 421 225 196 17.3 15.4 20.3
SHARKEY 3 0 3 122 25 97 17.7 12.7 19.8
SIMPSON 4 1 3 335 203 132 14.0 12.8 16.3
SMITH 1 1 0 190 133 57 12.8 11.7 16.6
STONE 5 3 2 209 163 46 17.0 17.2 16.2
SUNFLOWER 395 82 313 529 94 435 15.0 8.2 18.2
TALLAHATCHIE 1 1 0 222 64 158 15.8 12.7 17.5
TATE 145 23 122 340 199 141 15.2 13.9 17.6
TIPPAH 2 2 0 306 240 66 15.6 14.8 19.3
TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 207 201 6 11.7 11.8 8.5
TUNICA 0 0 0 156 35 121 17.2 14.7 18.1
UNION 981 671 310 360 286 74 15.4 14.5 20.1
WALTHALL 3 2 1 221 86 135 15.7 11.0 21.5
WARREN 1,405 497 908 839 412 427 17.1 14.2 21.5
WASHINGTON 1,245 324 921 1,159 257 902 16.5 9.0 21.5
WAYNE 301 111 190 313 148 165 16.2 12.2 22.7
WEBSTER 0 0 0 160 110 50 15.3 13.8 20.5
WILKINSON 91 22 69 110 24 86 12.2 9.7 13.1
WINSTON 7 2 5 241 113 128 12.3 10.4 14.7
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 171 89 82 14.2 12.2 17.2
YAZOO 18 3 15 451 144 307 17.9 12.8 22.1
OUT OF STATE 2,401 1,986 415 1,486 857 629
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 1A - PAGE 3
LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 842 598 244
BRANDON 309 246 63
BROOKHAVEN 171 77 94
CANTON 317 22 295
CLARKSDALE 423 86 337
CLEVELAND 225 74 151
CLINTON 279 176 103
COLUMBUS 429 135 294
CORINTH 190 137 53
GAUTIER 229 160 69
GREENVILLE 800 143 657
GREENWOOD 424 82 342
GRENADA 226 86 140
GULFPORT 1,013 593 420
HATTIESBURG 721 266 455
INDIANOLA 202 31 171
JACKSON 3,255 697 2,558
LAUREL 345 100 245
LONG BEACH 203 173 30
MCCOMB 216 63 153
MERIDIAN 634 216 418
MOSS POINT 242 50 192
NATCHEZ 280 100 180
OCEAN SPRINGS 231 200 31
PASCAGOULA 451 278 173
PEARL 337 266 71
PICAYUNE 186 118 68
RIDGELAND 285 237 48
SOUTHAVEN 327 303 24
STARKVILLE 316 154 162
TUPELO 498 277 221
VICKSBURG 470 138 332
YAZOO CITY 263 44 219
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
