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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHICKASAW 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 315 153 162 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 156 77 79 49.5 50.3 48.8
FEMALES 159 76 83 50.5 49.7 51.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 74 23 51 23.5 15.0 31.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 59 25 34 18.7 16.3 21.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 28 7 21 8.9 4.6 13.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 154 34 120 48.9 22.2 74.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 60 9 51 19.0 5.9 31.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
15-19 73 23 50 23.2 15.0 30.9
20-24 106 52 54 33.6 34.0 33.3
25-29 65 36 29 20.6 23.5 17.9
30-34 44 28 16 14.0 18.3 9.9
35-39 24 14 10 7.6 9.2 6.2
40-44 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.2
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 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
15-19 59 9 50 18.7 5.9 30.9
20-24 57 16 41 18.1 10.4 25.3
25-29 19 2 17 6.0 1.3 10.5
30-34 7 3 4 2.2 2.0 2.5
35-39 10 4 6 3.2 2.6 3.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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 5 4 1 1.6 2.6 0.6
7-9 YEARS 40 22 18 12.7 14.4 11.1
10, 11 YEARS 56 14 42 17.8 9.2 25.9
12 YEARS 110 51 59 34.9 33.3 36.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 71 36 35 22.5 23.5 21.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 33 26 7 10.5 17.0 4.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 256 143 113 81.3 93.5 69.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 50 9 41 15.9 5.9 25.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 1 5 1.9 0.6 3.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6
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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.
