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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 156 35 121 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 76 16 60 48.7 45.7 49.6
FEMALES 80 19 61 51.3 54.3 50.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 51 7 44 32.7 20.0 36.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 20 7 13 12.8 20.0 10.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 9 3 6 5.8 8.6 5.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 113 10 103 72.4 28.6 85.1
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 5 44 31.4 14.3 36.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 2.6 2.8 2.5
15-19 47 6 41 30.1 17.1 33.9
20-24 57 11 46 36.5 31.4 38.0
25-29 29 9 20 18.6 25.7 16.5
30-34 13 6 7 8.3 17.1 5.8
35-39 6 2 4 3.8 5.7 3.3
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
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 1 3 2.6 2.8 2.5
15-19 45 4 41 28.8 11.4 33.9
20-24 45 4 41 28.8 11.4 33.9
25-29 14 0 14 9.0 0.0 11.6
30-34 3 1 2 1.9 2.8 1.6
35-39 2 0 2 1.3 0.0 1.6
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 1 1 0 0.6 2.8 0.0
1-6 YEARS 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-9 YEARS 20 6 14 12.8 17.1 11.6
10, 11 YEARS 26 7 19 16.7 20.0 15.7
12 YEARS 74 4 70 47.4 11.4 57.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 24 8 16 15.4 22.8 13.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 11 9 2 7.0 25.7 1.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 1 1 1.3 2.8 0.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 113 26 87 72.4 74.3 71.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 33 7 26 21.2 20.0 21.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 1 6 4.5 2.8 5.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.6 0.0 0.8
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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.
