TABLE 6B
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 1,500 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 860 276 584 2.0 1.2 2.9
ADAMS 14 3 11 2.6 1.5 3.3
ALCORN 9 6 3 2.0 1.5 4.2
AMITE 6 2 4 3.6 2.5 4.6
ATTALA 8 4 4 3.1 2.8 3.5
BENTON 2 1 1 1.8 1.7 2.1
BOLIVAR 15 2 13 2.2 1.2 2.5
CALHOUN 0 0 0 - - -
CARROLL 1 1 0 0.9 1.6 -
CHICKASAW 6 2 4 1.9 1.1 3.2
CHOCTAW 0 0 0 - - -
CLAIBORNE 3 0 3 1.8 - 2.0
CLARKE 3 1 2 1.3 0.8 2.0
CLAY 8 0 8 2.2 - 3.2
COAHOMA 14 1 13 2.2 0.9 2.5
COPIAH 9 3 6 2.1 1.7 2.3
COVINGTON 5 5 0 1.6 2.8 -
DESOTO 21 17 4 1.3 1.2 1.9
FORREST 20 4 16 1.8 0.7 3.2
FRANKLIN 1 0 1 0.8 - 1.8
GEORGE 5 3 2 1.4 0.9 4.3
GREENE 6 4 2 3.8 3.2 5.7
GRENADA 8 7 1 2.3 4.0 0.6
HANCOCK 4 4 0 0.9 1.0 -
HARRISON 42 24 18 1.5 1.2 2.1
HINDS 118 17 101 2.9 1.5 3.5
HOLMES 15 0 15 3.7 - 4.2
HUMPHREYS 5 0 5 2.4 - 3.1
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 - - -
ITAWAMBA 2 2 0 0.8 0.9 -
JACKSON 32 16 16 1.7 1.2 2.9
JASPER 10 2 8 3.2 1.9 3.9
JEFFERSON 3 0 3 2.6 - 2.9
JEFF DAVIS 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.6
JONES 19 5 14 2.1 0.9 3.8
KEMPER 2 0 2 1.3 - 1.7
LAFAYETTE 7 4 3 1.7 1.7 1.7
LAMAR 8 5 3 1.3 0.9 3.2
LAUDERDALE 25 8 17 2.1 1.3 3.0
LAWRENCE 2 1 1 1.1 0.9 1.4
LEAKE 7 1 6 2.0 0.6 3.2
LEE 30 9 21 2.5 1.1 5.5
LEFLORE 10 4 6 1.6 2.6 1.2
TABLE 6B - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 1,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 8 4 4 1.6 1.3 2.0
LOWNDES 20 6 14 2.0 1.2 2.9
MADISON 26 7 19 2.1 1.0 3.3
MARION 11 1 10 2.9 0.4 6.9
MARSHALL 13 2 11 2.6 0.9 4.0
MONROE 12 6 6 2.2 1.8 2.9
MONTGOMERY 12 4 8 6.3 5.6 6.7
NESHOBA 10 4 6 2.2 1.8 2.6
NEWTON 9 3 6 2.6 1.6 3.8
NOXUBEE 7 0 7 3.4 - 4.5
OKTIBBEHA 8 0 8 1.6 - 3.0
PANOLA 12 3 9 2.2 1.4 2.7
PEARL RIVER 8 3 5 1.3 0.6 4.4
PERRY 2 0 2 1.0 - 3.6
PIKE 15 2 13 2.4 0.8 3.4
PONTOTOC 3 2 1 0.8 0.6 2.0
PRENTISS 2 2 0 0.6 0.6 -
QUITMAN 9 1 8 5.1 3.4 5.4
RANKIN 27 16 11 1.7 1.3 3.5
SCOTT 8 4 4 1.8 1.7 2.0
SHARKEY 3 0 3 2.4 - 2.9
SIMPSON 8 4 4 1.9 1.8 2.0
SMITH 4 3 1 1.7 1.8 1.3
STONE 5 1 4 2.7 0.8 7.0
SUNFLOWER 11 0 11 2.1 - 2.6
TALLAHATCHIE 8 1 7 3.6 1.4 4.8
TATE 9 3 6 2.3 1.3 3.9
TIPPAH 3 3 0 0.9 1.1 -
TISHOMINGO 4 4 0 1.6 1.7 -
TUNICA 5 0 5 2.9 - 3.4
UNION 2 1 1 0.6 0.4 1.1
WALTHALL 4 1 3 1.8 1.0 2.3
WARREN 17 5 12 2.2 1.3 2.9
WASHINGTON 24 6 18 2.0 1.9 2.0
WAYNE 6 1 5 1.6 0.5 2.7
WEBSTER 2 0 2 1.5 - 4.8
WILKINSON 2 0 2 1.4 - 1.8
WINSTON 6 1 5 2.4 1.0 3.4
YALOBUSHA 2 1 1 1.0 1.0 1.1
YAZOO 7 3 4 1.4 1.7 1.3
