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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NESHOBA 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 423 233 190 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 207 113 94 48.9 48.5 49.5
FEMALES 216 120 96 51.1 51.5 50.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 88 43 45 20.8 18.4 23.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 66 33 33 15.6 14.2 17.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 32 18 14 7.6 7.7 7.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 177 45 132 41.8 19.3 69.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 24 39 14.9 10.3 20.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.0
15-19 86 43 43 20.3 18.4 22.6
20-24 161 83 78 38.1 35.6 41.0
25-29 106 69 37 25.0 29.6 19.5
30-34 53 30 23 12.5 12.9 12.1
35-39 13 8 5 3.1 3.4 2.6
40-44 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.0
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 2 0 2 0.5 0.0 1.0
15-19 61 24 37 14.4 10.3 19.5
20-24 75 16 59 17.7 6.9 31.0
25-29 24 4 20 5.7 1.7 10.5
30-34 13 1 12 3.1 0.4 6.3
35-39 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.5
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.5
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 3 0 0.7 1.3 0.0
7-9 YEARS 61 27 34 14.4 11.6 17.9
10, 11 YEARS 74 28 46 17.5 12.0 24.2
12 YEARS 147 75 72 34.8 32.2 37.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 105 71 34 24.8 30.5 17.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 32 29 3 7.6 12.4 1.6
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 1 4 1.2 0.4 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 346 208 138 81.8 89.3 72.6
SECOND TRIMESTER 64 23 41 15.1 9.9 21.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 0 7 1.6 0.0 3.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.0
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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.
