TABLE 6A
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS AT BIRTH
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 4,193 1,621 2,572 10.1 7.4 13.2
ADAMS 69 19 50 14.4 10.3 17.0
ALCORN 38 27 11 8.5 7.1 16.4
AMITE 14 5 9 8.4 5.4 12.2
ATTALA 38 15 23 15.1 12.9 17.0
BENTON 12 6 6 10.8 9.5 12.5
BOLIVAR 62 13 49 9.1 8.2 9.4
CALHOUN 27 9 18 11.9 7.1 18.0
CARROLL 7 2 5 7.7 4.4 10.9
CHICKASAW 28 7 21 8.9 4.6 13.0
CHOCTAW 15 7 8 13.3 9.7 19.5
CLAIBORNE 27 4 23 13.2 21.0 12.4
CLARKE 22 6 16 9.6 4.7 15.7
CLAY 39 10 29 11.3 8.8 12.5
COAHOMA 66 7 59 10.8 6.2 11.9
COPIAH 53 7 46 13.7 4.9 18.8
COVINGTON 29 10 19 10.1 6.6 14.1
DESOTO 115 80 35 7.8 6.4 16.1
FORREST 112 57 55 10.0 9.0 11.2
FRANKLIN 14 7 7 12.7 13.0 12.5
GEORGE 23 20 3 6.6 6.6 6.7
GREENE 5 4 1 4.1 4.2 3.4
GRENADA 26 13 13 8.3 8.7 8.0
HANCOCK 36 28 8 8.0 6.9 17.4
HARRISON 248 154 94 9.0 7.8 11.8
HINDS 501 80 421 12.3 7.1 14.3
HOLMES 43 5 38 11.8 10.2 12.1
HUMPHREYS 28 4 24 15.6 10.8 16.8
ISSAQUENA 2 1 1 10.5 16.7 7.7
ITAWAMBA 13 12 1 4.9 5.2 2.9
JACKSON 164 92 72 9.3 7.4 13.5
JASPER 33 4 29 11.3 3.9 15.3
JEFFERSON 21 1 20 14.8 20.0 14.6
JEFF DAVIS 22 5 17 11.8 8.2 13.5
JONES 84 40 44 8.7 6.5 12.5
KEMPER 8 0 8 6.8 - 9.0
LAFAYETTE 37 20 17 8.6 7.7 10.0
LAMAR 40 27 13 6.9 5.7 12.7
LAUDERDALE 104 41 63 9.2 6.8 12.0
LAWRENCE 15 7 8 9.6 9.1 10.1
LEAKE 39 15 24 11.8 9.2 14.4
LEE 95 42 53 8.2 5.4 14.0
LEFLORE 57 13 44 8.5 9.2 8.3
TABLE 6A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 37 21 16 8.2 7.1 10.1
LOWNDES 101 28 73 9.7 5.6 13.5
MADISON 103 40 63 9.0 6.6 11.8
MARION 51 16 35 12.8 6.8 21.6
MARSHALL 75 26 49 14.2 11.6 16.1
MONROE 50 27 23 11.0 9.2 14.0
MONTGOMERY 20 5 15 10.8 6.0 14.7
NESHOBA 32 18 14 7.6 7.7 7.4
NEWTON 24 12 12 7.6 6.8 8.6
NOXUBEE 35 4 31 14.9 7.7 16.9
OKTIBBEHA 46 13 33 8.6 5.4 11.1
PANOLA 70 17 53 12.8 8.2 15.5
PEARL RIVER 49 36 13 8.0 7.0 13.1
PERRY 18 10 8 9.0 7.2 13.1
PIKE 52 11 41 9.0 4.4 12.5
PONTOTOC 41 26 15 11.8 9.2 23.1
PRENTISS 33 27 6 10.3 9.8 12.8
QUITMAN 15 3 12 8.8 8.8 8.8
RANKIN 136 95 41 8.9 7.7 13.9
SCOTT 48 23 25 11.4 10.2 12.8
SHARKEY 16 4 12 13.1 16.0 12.4
SIMPSON 32 19 13 9.6 9.4 9.8
SMITH 22 9 13 11.6 6.8 22.8
STONE 14 11 3 6.7 6.7 6.5
SUNFLOWER 59 4 55 11.2 4.2 12.6
TALLAHATCHIE 24 3 21 10.8 4.7 13.3
TATE 41 15 26 12.0 7.5 18.4
TIPPAH 40 25 15 13.1 10.4 22.7
TISHOMINGO 21 20 1 10.1 10.0 16.7
TUNICA 9 3 6 5.8 8.6 5.0
UNION 42 29 13 11.7 10.1 17.6
WALTHALL 20 3 17 9.0 3.5 12.6
WARREN 81 33 48 9.6 8.0 11.2
WASHINGTON 161 20 141 13.9 7.8 15.6
WAYNE 22 9 13 7.0 6.1 7.9
WEBSTER 14 6 8 8.8 5.4 16.0
WILKINSON 12 1 11 10.9 4.2 12.8
WINSTON 20 6 14 8.3 5.3 10.9
YALOBUSHA 16 5 11 9.4 5.6 13.4
YAZOO 60 12 48 13.3 8.3 15.6
