TABLE 7
PREMATURE* LIVE BIRTHS 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 6,338 2,549 3,789 15.3 11.6 19.4
ADAMS 91 25 66 19.0 13.5 22.4
ALCORN 64 53 11 14.4 14.0 16.4
AMITE 21 7 14 12.6 7.5 18.9
ATTALA 50 19 31 19.9 16.4 23.0
BENTON 21 8 13 18.9 12.7 27.1
BOLIVAR 113 15 98 16.6 9.4 18.7
CALHOUN 30 11 19 13.3 8.7 19.0
CARROLL 10 6 4 11.0 13.3 8.7
CHICKASAW 59 25 34 18.7 16.3 21.0
CHOCTAW 17 9 8 15.0 12.5 19.5
CLAIBORNE 39 3 36 19.0 15.8 19.4
CLARKE 43 16 27 18.8 12.6 26.5
CLAY 64 15 49 18.5 13.2 21.1
COAHOMA 106 10 96 17.4 8.9 19.3
COPIAH 69 11 58 17.9 7.7 23.8
COVINGTON 48 13 35 16.7 8.6 25.9
DESOTO 150 110 40 10.2 8.8 18.4
FORREST 168 85 83 15.0 13.5 16.9
FRANKLIN 18 8 10 16.4 14.8 17.8
GEORGE 42 35 7 12.1 11.6 15.6
GREENE 13 9 4 10.6 9.6 13.8
GRENADA 46 20 26 14.7 13.3 16.0
HANCOCK 52 47 5 11.6 11.7 10.9
HARRISON 398 241 157 14.4 12.3 19.6
HINDS 769 131 638 18.9 11.6 21.7
HOLMES 73 9 64 20.1 18.4 20.4
HUMPHREYS 37 3 34 20.6 8.1 23.8
ISSAQUENA 2 1 1 10.5 16.7 7.7
ITAWAMBA 29 24 5 11.0 10.5 14.7
JACKSON 234 142 92 13.2 11.5 17.3
JASPER 41 13 28 14.0 12.6 14.8
JEFFERSON 26 1 25 18.3 20.0 18.2
JEFF DAVIS 31 9 22 16.6 14.8 17.5
JONES 100 51 49 10.4 8.3 14.0
KEMPER 17 1 16 14.5 3.6 18.0
LAFAYETTE 68 36 32 15.8 13.8 18.8
LAMAR 66 47 19 11.4 9.8 18.6
LAUDERDALE 161 67 94 14.2 11.0 17.9
LAWRENCE 19 10 9 12.2 13.0 11.4
LEAKE 61 24 37 18.5 14.7 22.3
LEE 164 82 82 14.2 10.6 21.6
LEFLORE 91 19 72 13.6 13.4 13.6
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PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 65 34 31 14.3 11.6 19.5
LOWNDES 166 47 119 15.9 9.3 22.1
MADISON 160 60 100 14.0 9.9 18.6
MARION 52 23 29 13.1 9.8 17.9
MARSHALL 84 27 57 15.9 12.0 18.7
MONROE 74 34 40 16.2 11.6 24.4
MONTGOMERY 27 9 18 14.6 10.8 17.6
NESHOBA 66 33 33 15.6 14.2 17.4
NEWTON 48 24 24 15.1 13.6 17.1
NOXUBEE 58 7 51 24.7 13.5 27.9
OKTIBBEHA 63 16 47 11.8 6.7 15.9
PANOLA 90 24 66 16.4 11.6 19.3
PEARL RIVER 75 53 22 12.3 10.4 22.2
PERRY 26 15 11 13.0 10.8 18.0
PIKE 80 16 64 13.8 6.4 19.4
PONTOTOC 62 38 24 17.9 13.5 36.9
PRENTISS 47 41 6 14.6 15.0 12.8
QUITMAN 23 5 18 13.4 14.7 13.1
RANKIN 204 143 61 13.3 11.5 20.7
SCOTT 76 40 36 18.0 17.8 18.4
SHARKEY 16 4 12 13.1 16.0 12.4
SIMPSON 45 25 20 13.4 12.3 15.2
SMITH 31 23 8 16.3 17.3 14.0
STONE 15 12 3 7.2 7.4 6.5
SUNFLOWER 101 8 93 19.1 8.5 21.4
TALLAHATCHIE 38 5 33 17.1 7.8 20.9
TATE 56 23 33 16.5 11.6 23.4
TIPPAH 57 36 21 18.6 15.0 31.8
TISHOMINGO 36 35 1 17.4 17.4 16.7
TUNICA 20 7 13 12.8 20.0 10.7
UNION 65 52 13 18.0 18.2 17.6
WALTHALL 27 6 21 12.2 7.0 15.6
WARREN 115 45 70 13.7 10.9 16.4
WASHINGTON 229 31 198 19.8 12.1 22.0
WAYNE 40 19 21 12.8 12.8 12.7
WEBSTER 18 10 8 11.2 9.1 16.0
WILKINSON 11 1 10 10.0 4.2 11.6
WINSTON 33 13 20 13.7 11.5 15.6
YALOBUSHA 26 10 16 15.2 11.2 19.5
YAZOO 92 24 68 20.4 16.7 22.2
* GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
