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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 1,467 1,250 217 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 772 653 119 52.6 52.2 54.8
FEMALES 695 597 98 47.4 47.8 45.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 169 119 50 11.5 9.5 23.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 150 110 40 10.2 8.8 18.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 115 80 35 7.8 6.4 16.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 389 242 147 26.5 19.4 67.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 119 70 49 8.1 5.6 22.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 2 3 0.3 0.2 1.4
15-19 164 117 47 11.2 9.4 21.6
20-24 415 332 83 28.3 26.6 38.2
25-29 477 444 33 32.5 35.5 15.2
30-34 295 261 34 20.1 20.9 15.7
35-39 95 81 14 6.5 6.5 6.4
40-44 16 13 3 1.1 1.0 1.4
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 5 2 3 0.3 0.2 1.4
15-19 114 68 46 7.8 5.4 21.2
20-24 152 86 66 10.4 6.9 30.4
25-29 71 53 18 4.8 4.2 8.3
30-34 30 20 10 2.0 1.6 4.6
35-39 17 13 4 1.2 1.0 1.8
40-44 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 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 13 9 4 0.9 0.7 1.8
7-9 YEARS 77 64 13 5.2 5.1 6.0
10, 11 YEARS 169 118 51 11.5 9.4 23.5
12 YEARS 513 419 94 35.0 33.5 43.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 415 383 32 28.3 30.6 14.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 275 255 20 18.7 20.4 9.2
UNKNOWN 5 2 3 0.3 0.2 1.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 21 13 8 1.4 1.0 3.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,294 1,144 150 88.2 91.5 69.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 129 81 48 8.8 6.5 22.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 16 8 8 1.1 0.6 3.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 4 3 0.5 0.3 1.4
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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.
