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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 347 282 65 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 170 138 32 49.0 48.9 49.2
FEMALES 177 144 33 51.0 51.1 50.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 64 54 10 18.4 19.1 15.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 62 38 24 17.9 13.5 36.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 41 26 15 11.8 9.2 23.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 80 44 36 23.0 15.6 55.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 32 23 9 9.2 8.2 13.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 2 2 1.2 0.7 3.1
15-19 60 52 8 17.3 18.4 12.3
20-24 105 74 31 30.2 26.2 47.7
25-29 103 92 11 29.7 32.6 16.9
30-34 50 40 10 14.4 14.2 15.4
35-39 19 17 2 5.5 6.0 3.1
40-44 6 5 1 1.7 1.8 1.5
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 1.2 0.7 3.1
15-19 28 21 7 8.1 7.4 10.8
20-24 32 12 20 9.2 4.2 30.8
25-29 10 6 4 2.9 2.1 6.2
30-34 4 3 1 1.2 1.1 1.5
35-39 2 0 2 0.6 0.0 3.1
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 4 4 0 1.2 1.4 0.0
7-9 YEARS 41 37 4 11.8 13.1 6.2
10, 11 YEARS 48 36 12 13.8 12.8 18.5
12 YEARS 124 96 28 35.7 34.0 43.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 86 70 16 24.8 24.8 24.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 44 39 5 12.7 13.8 7.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 1 2 0.9 0.4 3.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 299 249 50 86.2 88.3 76.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 39 27 12 11.2 9.6 18.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 5 1 1.7 1.8 1.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 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.
