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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 1,534 1,239 295 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 749 608 141 48.8 49.1 47.8
FEMALES 785 631 154 51.2 50.9 52.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 204 148 56 13.3 11.9 19.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 204 143 61 13.3 11.5 20.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 136 95 41 8.9 7.7 13.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 404 220 184 26.3 17.8 62.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 135 82 53 8.8 6.6 18.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 0.2 0.2 0.3
15-19 201 146 55 13.1 11.8 18.6
20-24 397 301 96 25.9 24.3 32.5
25-29 471 398 73 30.7 32.1 24.7
30-34 322 272 50 21.0 22.0 16.9
35-39 121 103 18 7.9 8.3 6.1
40-44 19 17 2 1.2 1.4 0.7
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 3 2 1 0.2 0.2 0.3
15-19 132 80 52 8.6 6.4 17.6
20-24 143 70 73 9.3 5.6 24.7
25-29 64 33 31 4.2 2.7 10.5
30-34 35 19 16 2.3 1.5 5.4
35-39 24 14 10 1.6 1.1 3.4
40-44 3 2 1 0.2 0.2 0.3
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 11 9 2 0.7 0.7 0.7
7-9 YEARS 96 78 18 6.2 6.3 6.1
10, 11 YEARS 144 102 42 9.4 8.2 14.2
12 YEARS 455 343 112 29.7 27.7 38.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 450 362 88 29.3 29.2 29.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 376 343 33 24.5 27.7 11.2
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.1 0.2 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 14 6 8 0.9 0.5 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,378 1,145 233 89.8 92.4 79.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 117 74 43 7.6 6.0 14.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 19 9 10 1.2 0.7 3.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 6 5 1 0.4 0.4 0.3
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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.
