(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: HINDS
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HINDS 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 4,059 1,125 2,934 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,112 605 1,507 52.0 53.8 51.4
FEMALES 1,947 520 1,427 48.0 46.2 48.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 862 85 777 21.2 7.6 26.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 769 131 638 18.9 11.6 21.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 501 80 421 12.3 7.1 14.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,305 201 2,104 56.8 17.9 71.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 814 55 759 20.0 4.9 25.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 39 3 36 1.0 0.3 1.2
15-19 823 82 741 20.3 7.3 25.2
20-24 1,202 250 952 29.6 22.2 32.4
25-29 993 374 619 24.5 33.2 21.1
30-34 640 276 364 15.8 24.5 12.4
35-39 295 123 172 7.3 10.9 5.9
40-44 67 17 50 1.6 1.5 1.7
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 39 3 36 1.0 0.3 1.2
15-19 775 52 723 19.1 4.6 24.6
20-24 842 79 763 20.7 7.0 26.0
25-29 367 34 333 9.0 3.0 11.4
30-34 175 22 153 4.3 2.0 5.2
35-39 77 10 67 1.9 0.9 2.3
40-44 30 1 29 0.7 0.1 1.0
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 18 6 12 0.4 0.5 0.4
7-9 YEARS 305 55 250 7.5 4.9 8.5
10, 11 YEARS 637 76 561 15.7 6.8 19.1
12 YEARS 1,110 213 897 27.3 18.9 30.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,097 301 796 27.0 26.8 27.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 886 473 413 21.8 42.0 14.1
UNKNOWN 6 1 5 0.1 0.1 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 108 10 98 2.7 0.9 3.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,092 1,013 2,079 76.2 90.0 70.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 733 91 642 18.0 8.1 21.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 109 8 101 2.7 0.7 3.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 17 3 14 0.4 0.3 0.5
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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.
