(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: JACKSON
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JACKSON 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 1,768 1,235 533 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 939 650 289 53.1 52.6 54.2
FEMALES 829 585 244 46.9 47.4 45.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 353 212 141 20.0 17.2 26.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 234 142 92 13.2 11.5 17.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 164 92 72 9.3 7.4 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 686 300 386 38.8 24.3 72.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 271 134 137 15.3 10.8 25.7
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 6 2 4 0.3 0.2 0.8
15-19 347 210 137 19.6 17.0 25.7
20-24 553 351 202 31.3 28.4 37.9
25-29 436 332 104 24.7 26.9 19.5
30-34 273 223 50 15.4 18.0 9.4
35-39 131 102 29 7.4 8.2 5.4
40-44 21 14 7 1.2 1.1 1.3
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # 0.1 0.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 6 2 4 0.3 0.2 0.8
15-19 265 132 133 15.0 10.7 25.0
20-24 250 97 153 14.1 7.8 28.7
25-29 104 42 62 5.9 3.4 11.6
30-34 35 16 19 2.0 1.3 3.6
35-39 21 11 10 1.2 0.9 1.9
40-44 5 0 5 0.3 0.0 0.9
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 1 0 1 # 0.0 0.2
1-6 YEARS 9 4 5 0.5 0.3 0.9
7-9 YEARS 133 92 41 7.5 7.4 7.7
10, 11 YEARS 273 161 112 15.4 13.0 21.0
12 YEARS 658 431 227 37.2 34.9 42.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 424 308 116 24.0 24.9 21.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 266 237 29 15.0 19.2 5.4
UNKNOWN 4 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 25 9 16 1.4 0.7 3.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,418 1,064 354 80.2 86.2 66.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 263 132 131 14.9 10.7 24.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 55 25 30 3.1 2.0 5.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 5 2 0.4 0.4 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.
