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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 386 142 244 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 188 62 126 48.7 43.7 51.6
FEMALES 198 80 118 51.3 56.3 48.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 108 22 86 28.0 15.5 35.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 69 11 58 17.9 7.7 23.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 53 7 46 13.7 4.9 18.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 198 22 176 51.3 15.5 72.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 92 8 84 23.8 5.6 34.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.8 0.0 1.2
15-19 105 22 83 27.2 15.5 34.0
20-24 124 44 80 32.1 31.0 32.8
25-29 93 48 45 24.1 33.8 18.4
30-34 38 18 20 9.8 12.7 8.2
35-39 14 6 8 3.6 4.2 3.3
40-44 8 4 4 2.1 2.8 1.6
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.8 0.0 1.2
15-19 89 8 81 23.0 5.6 33.2
20-24 65 9 56 16.8 6.3 23.0
25-29 22 4 18 5.7 2.8 7.4
30-34 13 1 12 3.4 0.7 4.9
35-39 4 0 4 1.0 0.0 1.6
40-44 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 0.8
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 3 1 2 0.8 0.7 0.8
7-9 YEARS 32 12 20 8.3 8.4 8.2
10, 11 YEARS 70 21 49 18.1 14.8 20.1
12 YEARS 149 41 108 38.6 28.9 44.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 94 40 54 24.4 28.2 22.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 38 27 11 9.8 19.0 4.5
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 1 5 1.6 0.7 2.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 321 131 190 83.2 92.2 77.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 52 9 43 13.5 6.3 17.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 1 5 1.6 0.7 2.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.4
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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.
