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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 611 512 99 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 297 250 47 48.6 48.8 47.5
FEMALES 314 262 52 51.4 51.2 52.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 139 106 33 22.8 20.7 33.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 75 53 22 12.3 10.4 22.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 49 36 13 8.0 7.0 13.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 203 129 74 33.2 25.2 74.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 89 56 33 14.6 10.9 33.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 2 2 0.6 0.4 2.0
15-19 135 104 31 22.1 20.3 31.3
20-24 205 173 32 33.6 33.8 32.3
25-29 145 127 18 23.7 24.8 18.2
30-34 75 64 11 12.3 12.5 11.1
35-39 39 35 4 6.4 6.8 4.0
40-44 8 7 1 1.3 1.4 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 4 2 2 0.6 0.4 2.0
15-19 85 54 31 13.9 10.5 31.3
20-24 61 39 22 10.0 7.6 22.2
25-29 28 18 10 4.6 3.5 10.1
30-34 13 7 6 2.1 1.4 6.1
35-39 10 8 2 1.6 1.6 2.0
40-44 2 1 1 0.3 0.2 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 3 3 0 0.5 0.6 0.0
7-9 YEARS 69 62 7 11.3 12.1 7.1
10, 11 YEARS 89 68 21 14.6 13.3 21.2
12 YEARS 189 143 46 30.9 27.9 46.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 186 161 25 30.4 31.4 25.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 70 70 0 11.4 13.7 0.0
UNKNOWN 5 5 0 0.8 1.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 2 2 0.6 0.4 2.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 539 461 78 88.2 90.0 78.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 56 40 16 9.2 7.8 16.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 9 2 1.8 1.8 2.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 1.0
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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.
