TABLE 6B
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 1,500 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 830 292 538 2.0 1.3 2.8
ADAMS 22 5 17 4.6 2.7 5.8
ALCORN 4 3 1 0.9 0.8 1.5
AMITE 5 0 5 3.0 - 6.8
ATTALA 8 3 5 3.2 2.6 3.7
BENTON 2 1 1 1.8 1.6 2.1
BOLIVAR 9 3 6 1.3 1.9 1.1
CALHOUN 1 1 0 0.4 0.8 -
CARROLL 1 0 1 1.1 - 2.2
CHICKASAW 4 0 4 1.3 - 2.5
CHOCTAW 6 4 2 5.3 5.6 4.9
CLAIBORNE 7 2 5 3.4 10.5 2.7
CLARKE 5 1 4 2.2 0.8 3.9
CLAY 5 0 5 1.4 - 2.2
COAHOMA 10 1 9 1.6 0.9 1.8
COPIAH 8 0 8 2.1 - 3.3
COVINGTON 7 1 6 2.4 0.6 4.4
DESOTO 24 16 8 1.6 1.3 3.7
FORREST 25 14 11 2.2 2.2 2.2
FRANKLIN 3 0 3 2.7 - 5.4
GEORGE 3 3 0 0.9 1.0 -
GREENE 0 0 0 - - -
GRENADA 5 1 4 1.6 0.7 2.5
HANCOCK 4 3 1 0.9 0.7 2.2
HARRISON 42 24 18 1.5 1.2 2.2
HINDS 99 16 83 2.4 1.4 2.8
HOLMES 5 0 5 1.4 - 1.6
HUMPHREYS 6 0 6 3.3 - 4.2
ISSAQUENA 1 1 0 5.3 16.7 -
ITAWAMBA 1 1 0 0.4 0.4 -
JACKSON 38 19 19 2.1 1.5 3.6
JASPER 4 1 3 1.4 1.0 1.6
JEFFERSON 3 0 3 2.1 - 2.2
JEFF DAVIS 6 1 5 3.2 1.6 4.0
JONES 15 6 9 1.6 1.0 2.6
KEMPER 2 0 2 1.7 - 2.2
LAFAYETTE 5 3 2 1.2 1.2 1.2
LAMAR 8 5 3 1.4 1.0 2.9
LAUDERDALE 29 12 17 2.6 2.0 3.2
LAWRENCE 6 3 3 3.8 3.9 3.8
LEAKE 4 3 1 1.2 1.8 0.6
LEE 21 8 13 1.8 1.0 3.4
LEFLORE 10 2 8 1.5 1.4 1.5
TABLE 6B - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 1,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 9 3 6 2.0 1.0 3.8
LOWNDES 22 6 16 2.1 1.2 3.0
MADISON 23 11 12 2.0 1.8 2.2
MARION 9 4 5 2.3 1.7 3.1
MARSHALL 15 4 11 2.8 1.8 3.6
MONROE 11 7 4 2.4 2.4 2.4
MONTGOMERY 9 1 8 4.9 1.2 7.8
NESHOBA 5 2 3 1.2 0.8 1.6
NEWTON 6 1 5 1.9 0.6 3.6
NOXUBEE 13 0 13 5.5 - 7.1
OKTIBBEHA 14 6 8 2.6 2.5 2.7
PANOLA 9 3 6 1.6 1.4 1.8
PEARL RIVER 6 3 3 1.0 0.6 3.0
PERRY 3 2 1 1.5 1.4 1.6
PIKE 13 2 11 2.2 0.8 3.3
PONTOTOC 14 7 7 4.0 2.5 10.8
PRENTISS 4 4 0 1.2 1.5 -
QUITMAN 3 1 2 1.8 2.9 1.5
RANKIN 18 12 6 1.2 1.0 2.0
SCOTT 12 7 5 2.8 3.1 2.6
SHARKEY 4 0 4 3.3 - 4.1
SIMPSON 4 2 2 1.2 1.0 1.5
SMITH 5 3 2 2.6 2.2 3.5
STONE 2 2 0 1.0 1.2 -
SUNFLOWER 11 1 10 2.1 1.1 2.3
TALLAHATCHIE 8 0 8 3.6 - 5.1
TATE 4 1 3 1.2 0.5 2.1
TIPPAH 5 3 2 1.6 1.2 3.0
TISHOMINGO 4 4 0 1.9 2.0 -
TUNICA 1 0 1 0.6 - 0.8
UNION 4 2 2 1.1 0.7 2.7
WALTHALL 3 1 2 1.4 1.2 1.5
WARREN 17 7 10 2.0 1.7 2.3
WASHINGTON 41 4 37 3.5 1.6 4.1
WAYNE 6 3 3 1.9 2.0 1.8
WEBSTER 5 4 1 3.1 3.6 2.0
WILKINSON 2 0 2 1.8 - 2.3
WINSTON 5 1 4 2.1 0.9 3.1
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 - - -
YAZOO 8 1 7 1.8 0.7 2.3
