TABLE A6. LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS IN SPECIFIED GROUP,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
AGE OF NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 18,853 4,317 14,536 45.4 19.6 74.5
UNDER 15 265 44 221 98.1 89.8 100.0
15-19 6,667 1,584 5,083 80.3 52.0 96.7
20-24 7,111 1,534 5,577 53.4 23.8 81.0
25-29 2,831 700 2,131 27.0 10.4 56.4
30-34 1,248 291 957 20.3 7.2 44.9
35-39 596 146 450 23.6 9.5 45.2
40-44 133 18 115 28.1 7.5 49.4
45-49 2 0 2 22.2 - 33.3
TABLE A7. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, FERTILITY RATES, AND
MEDIAN AGE OF MOTHER, BY TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
MEDIAN AGE
TOTAL- NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE** OF MOTHER
BIRTH NON- NON- NON- NON-
ORDER* TOTAL WHITE WHITE 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 24.5 26.0 22.9
FIRST 14,885 8,198 6,687 35.8 37.2 34.3 23.7 22.2 25.9 21.1 22.9 19.6
SECOND 12,595 7,064 5,531 30.3 32.1 28.4 20.0 19.1 21.4 24.8 26.4 22.8
THIRD 7,520 3,880 3,640 18.1 17.6 18.7 12.0 10.5 14.1 26.6 28.2 24.8
FOURTH 3,611 1,688 1,923 8.7 7.7 9.8 5.7 4.6 7.4 27.7 29.4 26.2
FIFTH 1,593 694 899 3.8 3.2 4.6 2.5 1.9 3.5 29.3 31.1 27.6
SIXTH 676 256 420 1.6 1.2 2.2 1.1 0.7 1.6 30.4 31.9 29.8
SEVENTH 328 118 210 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.8 30.8 32.4 30.2
EIGHTH 139 49 90 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 32.6 33.0 32.6
NINTH 69 34 35 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 35.1 35.9 33.0
TENTH
& OVER 77 25 52 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 35.5 35.7 35.2
UNKNOWN 34 15 19 0.1 0.1 0.1 # # 0.1
* INCLUDES ALL LIVE BIRTHS PLUS ALL FETAL DEATHS REGARDLESS OF LENGTH OF GESTATION.
** LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.
# LESS THAN 0.06.
