TABLE 6A
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS AT BIRTH
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 4,346 1,657 2,689 10.1 7.2 13.5
ADAMS 74 19 55 13.8 9.6 16.4
ALCORN 49 35 14 10.6 9.0 19.4
AMITE 26 8 18 15.8 10.1 20.9
ATTALA 37 17 20 14.3 11.8 17.4
BENTON 16 5 11 14.8 8.3 22.9
BOLIVAR 72 12 60 10.4 7.4 11.4
CALHOUN 23 13 10 11.4 9.8 14.5
CARROLL 4 1 3 3.7 1.6 6.7
CHICKASAW 23 12 11 7.4 6.4 8.9
CHOCTAW 6 3 3 4.6 3.6 6.5
CLAIBORNE 22 1 21 13.5 7.7 14.0
CLARKE 23 10 13 10.3 8.1 13.0
CLAY 39 8 31 11.0 7.5 12.4
COAHOMA 73 9 64 11.6 7.8 12.4
COPIAH 46 13 33 10.6 7.3 12.8
COVINGTON 33 18 15 10.3 10.2 10.5
DESOTO 108 80 28 6.9 5.9 13.1
FORREST 102 40 62 9.5 6.9 12.5
FRANKLIN 15 8 7 11.4 10.4 12.7
GEORGE 29 24 5 7.9 7.5 10.9
GREENE 20 16 4 12.6 12.9 11.4
GRENADA 38 14 24 11.1 8.0 14.2
HANCOCK 35 32 3 7.6 7.6 7.7
HARRISON 223 122 101 7.8 6.1 11.6
HINDS 529 84 445 13.1 7.4 15.4
HOLMES 55 5 50 13.4 10.2 13.9
HUMPHREYS 31 7 24 14.8 14.6 14.8
ISSAQUENA 1 0 1 4.2 - 5.0
ITAWAMBA 20 18 2 8.3 8.0 11.8
JACKSON 162 91 71 8.7 7.0 12.8
JASPER 35 7 28 11.3 6.6 13.8
JEFFERSON 12 0 12 10.5 - 11.8
JEFF DAVIS 13 2 11 5.8 2.9 7.1
JONES 107 44 63 11.8 8.2 17.2
KEMPER 15 3 12 10.1 9.4 10.2
LAFAYETTE 38 14 24 9.1 5.8 13.4
LAMAR 54 42 12 8.5 7.8 12.6
LAUDERDALE 111 41 70 9.4 6.6 12.3
LAWRENCE 12 7 5 6.5 6.1 7.1
LEAKE 39 10 29 11.3 6.4 15.5
LEE 120 67 53 10.0 8.2 13.8
LEFLORE 54 12 42 8.4 7.9 8.5
TABLE 6A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 45 23 22 8.8 7.4 10.9
LOWNDES 92 30 62 9.4 6.0 12.8
MADISON 126 43 83 10.1 6.5 14.3
MARION 40 19 21 10.7 8.3 14.5
MARSHALL 61 19 42 12.2 8.3 15.4
MONROE 57 30 27 10.4 8.9 13.0
MONTGOMERY 25 9 16 13.1 12.5 13.4
NESHOBA 42 20 22 9.4 9.1 9.7
NEWTON 34 15 19 9.8 7.9 12.2
NOXUBEE 25 1 24 12.1 1.9 15.5
OKTIBBEHA 45 13 32 9.0 5.6 11.8
PANOLA 68 18 50 12.3 8.2 15.0
PEARL RIVER 45 28 17 7.1 5.4 14.9
PERRY 16 8 8 8.1 5.6 14.5
PIKE 67 15 52 10.6 6.1 13.5
PONTOTOC 29 24 5 7.8 7.4 10.0
PRENTISS 25 17 8 7.1 5.5 18.2
QUITMAN 26 4 22 14.8 13.8 15.0
RANKIN 156 101 55 9.9 8.0 17.5
SCOTT 50 20 30 11.4 8.5 14.8
SHARKEY 15 1 14 11.9 4.2 13.7
SIMPSON 42 19 23 9.9 8.4 11.7
SMITH 21 12 9 8.7 7.4 11.5
STONE 11 4 7 5.9 3.1 12.3
SUNFLOWER 61 5 56 11.6 4.4 13.5
TALLAHATCHIE 32 3 29 14.6 4.0 20.0
TATE 36 17 19 9.4 7.3 12.4
TIPPAH 22 18 4 7.0 6.8 7.7
TISHOMINGO 23 23 0 9.4 9.6 -
TUNICA 24 3 21 13.9 10.7 14.5
UNION 35 22 13 9.8 8.1 14.9
WALTHALL 29 8 21 12.8 8.1 16.4
WARREN 80 23 57 10.2 6.2 13.9
WASHINGTON 123 20 103 10.1 6.2 11.4
WAYNE 32 12 20 8.7 6.5 10.9
WEBSTER 9 3 6 6.8 3.3 14.3
WILKINSON 17 1 16 11.8 2.8 14.8
WINSTON 34 7 27 13.9 7.3 18.1
YALOBUSHA 12 6 6 6.2 5.9 6.6
YAZOO 70 19 51 14.3 10.7 16.4
