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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1997
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 446 379 67 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 239 201 38 53.6 53.0 56.7
FEMALES 207 178 29 46.4 47.0 43.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 71 53 18 15.9 14.0 26.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 64 53 11 14.4 14.0 16.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 38 27 11 8.5 7.1 16.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 125 75 50 28.0 19.8 74.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 28 18 10.3 7.4 26.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.7 0.5 1.5
15-19 68 51 17 15.2 13.4 25.4
20-24 146 124 22 32.7 32.7 32.8
25-29 142 124 18 31.8 32.7 26.9
30-34 63 56 7 14.1 14.8 10.4
35-39 22 20 2 4.9 5.3 3.0
40-44 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 1.5
15-19 44 27 17 9.9 7.1 25.4
20-24 43 28 15 9.6 7.4 22.4
25-29 23 13 10 5.2 3.4 14.9
30-34 9 4 5 2.0 1.0 7.5
35-39 3 1 2 0.7 0.3 3.0
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 0.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1-6 YEARS 4 4 0 0.9 1.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 46 40 6 10.3 10.6 9.0
10, 11 YEARS 82 63 19 18.4 16.6 28.4
12 YEARS 137 111 26 30.7 29.3 38.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 99 86 13 22.2 22.7 19.4
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 76 73 3 17.0 19.3 4.5
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 398 346 52 89.2 91.3 77.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 46 32 14 10.3 8.4 20.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 1.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
