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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 451 144 307 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 228 80 148 50.6 55.6 48.2
FEMALES 223 64 159 49.4 44.4 51.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 128 15 113 28.4 10.4 36.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 92 24 68 20.4 16.7 22.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 60 12 48 13.3 8.3 15.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 295 33 262 65.4 22.9 85.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 123 11 112 27.3 7.6 36.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 0 5 1.1 0.0 1.6
15-19 123 15 108 27.3 10.4 35.2
20-24 138 45 93 30.6 31.2 30.3
25-29 95 49 46 21.1 34.0 15.0
30-34 63 25 38 14.0 17.4 12.4
35-39 22 8 14 4.9 5.6 4.6
40-44 5 2 3 1.1 1.4 1.0
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 5 0 5 1.1 0.0 1.6
15-19 118 11 107 26.2 7.6 34.8
20-24 93 9 84 20.6 6.2 27.4
25-29 43 7 36 9.5 4.9 11.7
30-34 27 4 23 6.0 2.8 7.5
35-39 8 2 6 1.8 1.4 2.0
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 0.0 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 5 1 4 1.1 0.7 1.3
7-9 YEARS 59 15 44 13.1 10.4 14.3
10, 11 YEARS 115 16 99 25.5 11.1 32.2
12 YEARS 138 39 99 30.6 27.1 32.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 87 41 46 19.3 28.5 15.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 46 31 15 10.2 21.5 4.9
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.7 0.0
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 0 5 1.1 0.0 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 338 124 214 74.9 86.1 69.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 95 14 81 21.1 9.7 26.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 4 6 2.2 2.8 2.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 2 1 0.7 1.4 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.
