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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TIPPAH 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 306 240 66 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 153 119 34 50.0 49.6 51.5
FEMALES 153 121 32 50.0 50.4 48.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 85 58 27 27.8 24.2 40.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 57 36 21 18.6 15.0 31.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 40 25 15 13.1 10.4 22.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 95 54 41 31.0 22.5 62.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 31 24 18.0 12.9 36.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 2 1 1.0 0.8 1.5
15-19 82 56 26 26.8 23.3 39.4
20-24 81 64 17 26.5 26.7 25.8
25-29 79 70 9 25.8 29.2 13.6
30-34 40 32 8 13.1 13.3 12.1
35-39 20 15 5 6.5 6.2 7.6
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
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 3 2 1 1.0 0.8 1.5
15-19 52 29 23 17.0 12.1 34.8
20-24 20 10 10 6.5 4.2 15.2
25-29 9 6 3 2.9 2.5 4.5
30-34 8 5 3 2.6 2.1 4.5
35-39 2 1 1 0.6 0.4 1.5
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 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 2 2 0 0.6 0.8 0.0
7-9 YEARS 32 27 5 10.4 11.2 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 60 39 21 19.6 16.2 31.8
12 YEARS 105 78 27 34.3 32.5 40.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 65 56 9 21.2 23.3 13.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 41 38 3 13.4 15.8 4.5
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 1.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 270 219 51 88.2 91.2 77.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 27 18 9 8.8 7.5 13.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 2 5 2.3 0.8 7.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.3 0.0 1.5
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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.
