TABLE 1A
LIVE BIRTHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
ALSO LIVE BIRTHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
(PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE),
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 41,942 21,748 20,194 42,917 22,950 19,967 15.6 13.3 19.3
ADAMS 1,039 375 664 534 198 336 15.6 11.8 19.2
ALCORN 384 317 67 460 388 72 14.1 13.6 17.5
AMITE 0 0 0 165 79 86 12.0 11.0 13.1
ATTALA 218 113 105 259 144 115 14.1 13.5 14.8
BENTON 0 0 0 108 60 48 13.3 12.6 14.3
BOLIVAR 692 123 569 689 161 528 17.1 11.5 20.1
CALHOUN 0 0 0 202 133 69 13.6 12.6 16.1
CARROLL 0 0 0 107 62 45 10.7 10.7 10.7
CHICKASAW 1 0 1 310 186 124 17.2 17.6 16.7
CHOCTAW 1 0 1 129 83 46 13.7 13.1 15.2
CLAIBORNE 2 0 2 163 13 150 14.0 6.5 15.5
CLARKE 1 0 1 223 123 100 12.2 10.7 14.9
CLAY 449 178 271 355 106 249 16.4 11.1 20.6
COAHOMA 1,084 218 866 629 115 514 20.2 11.1 24.8
COPIAH 188 51 137 435 177 258 15.0 13.0 16.9
COVINGTON 208 71 137 320 177 143 18.0 15.9 21.4
DESOTO 1,017 588 429 1,570 1,356 214 16.2 16.4 15.1
FORREST 2,905 1,977 928 1,076 579 497 14.5 11.8 19.6
FRANKLIN 1 0 1 132 77 55 15.9 15.1 17.1
GEORGE 171 140 31 365 319 46 18.6 18.2 21.8
GREENE 0 0 0 159 124 35 13.5 14.0 12.1
GRENADA 785 401 384 343 174 169 15.3 13.9 17.1
HANCOCK 312 279 33 458 419 39 11.4 11.6 9.0
HARRISON 3,391 2,432 959 2,866 1,994 872 16.1 14.9 19.6
HINDS 6,567 2,001 4,566 4,027 1,130 2,897 16.3 9.9 21.7
HOLMES 138 8 130 409 49 360 19.0 10.0 21.7
HUMPHREYS 3 1 2 210 48 162 18.5 14.0 20.4
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 24 4 20 14.7 6.0 20.7
ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 242 225 17 11.5 11.6 10.2
JACKSON 1,407 936 471 1,862 1,308 554 14.2 13.1 17.9
JASPER 1 0 1 309 106 203 17.5 12.8 21.6
JEFFERSON 1 0 1 114 12 102 13.5 10.9 13.9
JEFF DAVIS 1 0 1 223 69 154 16.1 11.6 19.4
JONES 1,013 433 580 904 538 366 14.2 11.6 21.1
KEMPER 0 0 0 149 32 117 14.1 7.5 18.6
LAFAYETTE 818 460 358 419 240 179 12.1 10.0 17.1
LAMAR 674 471 203 635 540 95 17.2 17.0 18.7
LAUDERDALE 2,534 1,338 1,196 1,187 617 570 15.6 13.0 19.9
LAWRENCE 1 0 1 185 115 70 14.2 13.7 15.1
LEAKE 3 2 1 344 157 187 17.8 14.0 22.8
LEE 2,375 1,839 536 1,199 815 384 16.1 14.3 21.8
LEFLORE 777 138 639 645 151 494 17.4 11.2 21.1
TABLE 1A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 629 402 227 510 309 201 16.0 14.4 19.5
LOWNDES 980 422 558 983 497 486 16.1 13.6 19.7
MADISON 333 7 326 1,243 661 582 17.1 17.2 16.9
MARION 5 2 3 374 229 145 14.2 12.9 16.8
MARSHALL 3 2 1 500 228 272 15.5 15.1 15.8
MONROE 791 544 247 545 338 207 14.2 13.1 16.5
MONTGOMERY 46 8 38 191 72 119 15.4 10.8 20.7
NESHOBA 7 2 5 447 220 227 16.2 12.0 24.2
NEWTON 3 0 3 346 190 156 16.1 13.5 20.8
NOXUBEE 5 1 4 207 52 155 16.7 14.2 17.8
OKTIBBEHA 1,074 508 566 502 232 270 12.8 9.9 17.0
PANOLA 140 39 101 553 219 334 16.6 13.4 19.6
PEARL RIVER 315 230 85 635 521 114 13.6 13.3 14.9
PERRY 0 0 0 197 142 55 16.7 16.1 18.5
PIKE 912 374 538 631 246 385 16.6 12.5 21.0
PONTOTOC 4 4 0 372 322 50 14.6 15.2 11.9
PRENTISS 211 191 20 352 308 44 14.5 14.6 13.6
QUITMAN 2 0 2 176 29 147 17.8 7.6 24.1
RANKIN 2,864 2,307 557 1,569 1,255 314 14.3 14.2 14.8
SCOTT 6 1 5 439 236 203 17.6 15.9 20.0
SHARKEY 1 0 1 126 24 102 18.9 11.6 22.3
SIMPSON 5 2 3 424 227 197 16.7 13.7 22.4
SMITH 0 0 0 241 163 78 15.8 14.0 21.2
STONE 0 0 0 185 128 57 14.0 12.8 17.9
SUNFLOWER 404 99 305 528 113 415 15.3 10.0 17.8
TALLAHATCHIE 2 0 2 219 74 145 14.7 12.8 16.0
TATE 27 4 23 385 232 153 16.1 15.4 17.2
TIPPAH 0 0 0 316 264 52 15.0 15.3 13.6
TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 246 240 6 13.2 13.4 7.4
TUNICA 0 0 0 173 28 145 21.5 15.0 23.5
UNION 989 723 266 358 271 87 15.0 13.6 22.4
WALTHALL 3 2 1 227 99 128 15.8 12.5 19.9
WARREN 1,290 451 839 781 371 410 15.8 12.9 19.8
WASHINGTON 1,283 360 923 1,222 321 901 18.7 12.4 22.8
WAYNE 350 149 201 368 185 183 18.1 14.7 23.4
WEBSTER 1 1 0 132 90 42 12.5 11.2 16.8
WILKINSON 84 20 64 144 36 108 15.7 12.8 17.0
WINSTON 2 1 1 245 96 149 12.6 8.9 17.2
YALOBUSHA 0 0 0 192 101 91 15.5 13.6 18.4
YAZOO 9 2 7 489 178 311 19.2 15.6 22.1
OUT OF STATE 2,518 2,096 422 1,543 894 649
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 1A - PAGE 3
LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 824 554 270
BRANDON 332 266 66
BROOKHAVEN 176 69 107
CANTON 305 35 270
CLARKSDALE 456 82 374
CLEVELAND 241 90 151
CLINTON 283 188 95
COLUMBUS 439 152 287
CORINTH 216 156 60
GAUTIER 231 140 91
GREENVILLE 865 187 678
GREENWOOD 400 85 315
GRENADA 229 87 142
GULFPORT 1,080 605 475
HATTIESBURG 718 263 455
INDIANOLA 211 38 173
JACKSON 3,188 661 2,527
LAUREL 324 76 248
LONG BEACH 220 193 27
MCCOMB 231 62 169
MERIDIAN 654 220 434
MOSS POINT 260 53 207
NATCHEZ 325 107 218
OCEAN SPRINGS 269 241 28
PASCAGOULA 502 331 171
PEARL 293 229 64
PICAYUNE 189 118 71
RIDGELAND 281 210 71
SOUTHAVEN 386 362 24
STARKVILLE 308 137 171
TUPELO 520 299 221
VICKSBURG 478 138 340
YAZOO CITY 281 53 228
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
