TABLE A4. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND FERTILITY RATES,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE*
AGE OF NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 41,527 22,021 19,506 100.0 100.0 100.0 66.1 59.5 75.5
UNDER 15 270 49 221 0.6 0.2 1.1 2.6 0.9 4.5
15-19 8,305 3,049 5,256 20.0 13.8 26.9 75.0 51.6 101.7
20-24 13,317 6,433 6,884 32.1 29.2 35.3 116.4 100.7 136.4
25-29 10,480 6,701 3,779 25.2 30.4 19.4 108.4 119.2 93.3
30-34 6,142 4,011 2,131 14.8 18.2 10.9 59.4 63.1 53.4
35-39 2,530 1,535 995 6.1 7.0 5.1 23.7 23.4 24.4
40-44 473 240 233 1.1 1.1 1.2 4.9 3.9 6.7
45-49 9 3 6 ** ** ** 0.1 ** 0.2
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 ** - **
* FOR TOTAL GROUP - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE; FOR
SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
TABLE A5. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED BY MOTHER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
YEARS OF SCHOOL NUMBER PERCENT* CUMULATIVE PERCENT*
COMPLETED BY NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL BIRTHS 41,527 22,021 19,506 100.0 100.0 100.0
0-6 YEARS 266 144 122 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
7-9 YEARS 3,749 1,812 1,937 9.0 8.2 9.9 9.7 8.9 10.6
10, 11 YEARS 6,821 2,535 4,286 16.4 11.5 22.0 26.1 20.4 32.6
12 YEARS 13,947 6,679 7,268 33.6 30.4 37.3 59.8 50.8 69.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,194 5,852 4,342 24.6 26.6 22.3 84.4 77.4 92.2
4 OR MORE YEARS
COLLEGE 6,479 4,962 1,517 15.6 22.6 7.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNKNOWN 71 37 34
MEDIAN YEARS
COMPLETED* 12.7 13.0 12.5
* CALCULATIONS EXCLUDE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WITH EDUCATION UNKNOWN.
