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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TALLAHATCHIE 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 222 64 158 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 114 28 86 51.4 43.8 54.4
FEMALES 108 36 72 48.6 56.2 45.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 66 7 59 29.7 10.9 37.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 38 5 33 17.1 7.8 20.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 24 3 21 10.8 4.7 13.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 143 9 134 64.4 14.1 84.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 60 3 57 27.0 4.7 36.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.9 0.0 1.3
15-19 64 7 57 28.8 10.9 36.1
20-24 76 22 54 34.2 34.4 34.2
25-29 46 21 25 20.7 32.8 15.8
30-34 19 7 12 8.6 10.9 7.6
35-39 12 7 5 5.4 10.9 3.2
40-44 2 0 2 0.9 0.0 1.3
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 0.4 0.0 0.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.9 0.0 1.3
15-19 58 3 55 26.1 4.7 34.8
20-24 50 3 47 22.5 4.7 29.7
25-29 19 2 17 8.6 3.1 10.8
30-34 9 1 8 4.0 1.6 5.1
35-39 3 0 3 1.4 0.0 1.9
40-44 2 0 2 0.9 0.0 1.3
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 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 30 10 20 13.5 15.6 12.6
10, 11 YEARS 45 7 38 20.3 10.9 24.0
12 YEARS 93 20 73 41.9 31.2 46.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 34 13 21 15.3 20.3 13.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 20 14 6 9.0 21.9 3.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.9 0.0 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 177 59 118 79.7 92.2 74.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 40 5 35 18.0 7.8 22.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 0 3 1.4 0.0 1.9
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.
