TABLE 7
PREMATURE* LIVE BIRTHS 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 6,614 2,762 3,852 15.4 12.0 19.3
ADAMS 94 24 70 17.6 12.1 20.8
ALCORN 68 54 14 14.8 13.9 19.4
AMITE 32 12 20 19.4 15.2 23.2
ATTALA 38 18 20 14.7 12.5 17.4
BENTON 23 12 11 21.3 20.0 22.9
BOLIVAR 116 27 89 16.8 16.8 16.8
CALHOUN 28 19 9 13.9 14.3 13.0
CARROLL 10 5 5 9.3 8.1 11.1
CHICKASAW 42 22 20 13.5 11.8 16.1
CHOCTAW 13 7 6 10.1 8.4 13.0
CLAIBORNE 28 2 26 17.2 15.4 17.3
CLARKE 30 13 17 13.4 10.6 17.0
CLAY 60 9 51 16.9 8.5 20.5
COAHOMA 115 15 100 18.3 13.0 19.4
COPIAH 74 18 56 17.0 10.2 21.7
COVINGTON 50 30 20 15.6 16.9 14.0
DESOTO 166 126 40 10.6 9.3 18.7
FORREST 165 60 105 15.3 10.4 21.1
FRANKLIN 18 10 8 13.6 13.0 14.5
GEORGE 57 47 10 15.6 14.7 21.7
GREENE 32 26 6 20.1 21.0 17.1
GRENADA 54 24 30 15.7 13.8 17.8
HANCOCK 43 39 4 9.4 9.3 10.2
HARRISON 340 216 124 11.9 10.8 14.2
HINDS 789 139 650 19.6 12.3 22.4
HOLMES 80 7 73 19.6 14.3 20.3
HUMPHREYS 39 9 30 18.6 18.8 18.5
ISSAQUENA 2 0 2 8.3 - 10.0
ITAWAMBA 30 28 2 12.4 12.4 11.8
JACKSON 246 149 97 13.2 11.4 17.5
JASPER 42 19 23 13.6 17.9 11.3
JEFFERSON 25 1 24 21.9 8.3 23.5
JEFF DAVIS 34 3 31 15.2 4.3 20.1
JONES 131 63 68 14.5 11.7 18.6
KEMPER 26 2 24 17.4 6.2 20.5
LAFAYETTE 66 23 43 15.8 9.6 24.0
LAMAR 92 76 16 14.5 14.1 16.8
LAUDERDALE 177 70 107 14.9 11.3 18.8
LAWRENCE 25 15 10 13.5 13.0 14.3
LEAKE 67 24 43 19.5 15.3 23.0
LEE 197 111 86 16.4 13.6 22.4
LEFLORE 98 21 77 15.2 13.9 15.6
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PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 76 39 37 14.9 12.6 18.4
LOWNDES 137 43 94 13.9 8.6 19.3
MADISON 222 90 132 17.9 13.6 22.7
MARION 53 27 26 14.2 11.8 17.9
MARSHALL 80 25 55 16.0 11.0 20.2
MONROE 83 38 45 15.2 11.2 21.7
MONTGOMERY 28 8 20 14.7 11.1 16.8
NESHOBA 61 21 40 13.6 9.5 17.6
NEWTON 56 20 36 16.2 10.5 23.1
NOXUBEE 31 3 28 15.0 5.8 18.1
OKTIBBEHA 69 28 41 13.7 12.1 15.2
PANOLA 110 31 79 19.9 14.2 23.6
PEARL RIVER 82 58 24 12.9 11.1 21.0
PERRY 28 16 12 14.2 11.3 21.8
PIKE 95 28 67 15.0 11.4 17.4
PONTOTOC 53 45 8 14.2 14.0 16.0
PRENTISS 44 36 8 12.5 11.7 18.2
QUITMAN 30 4 26 17.0 13.8 17.7
RANKIN 234 166 68 14.9 13.2 21.6
SCOTT 89 45 44 20.3 19.1 21.7
SHARKEY 12 2 10 9.5 8.3 9.8
SIMPSON 62 22 40 14.6 9.7 20.3
SMITH 30 21 9 12.4 12.9 11.5
STONE 24 10 14 13.0 7.8 24.6
SUNFLOWER 95 11 84 18.0 9.7 20.2
TALLAHATCHIE 34 1 33 15.5 1.4 22.8
TATE 46 21 25 11.9 9.0 16.3
TIPPAH 63 50 13 19.9 18.9 25.0
TISHOMINGO 44 44 0 17.9 18.3 -
TUNICA 33 4 29 19.1 14.3 20.0
UNION 64 39 25 17.9 14.4 28.7
WALTHALL 34 12 22 15.0 12.1 17.2
WARREN 104 33 71 13.3 8.9 17.3
WASHINGTON 209 45 164 17.1 14.0 18.2
WAYNE 57 23 34 15.5 12.4 18.6
WEBSTER 12 7 5 9.1 7.8 11.9
WILKINSON 19 4 15 13.2 11.1 13.9
WINSTON 42 7 35 17.1 7.3 23.5
YALOBUSHA 23 13 10 12.0 12.9 11.0
YAZOO 84 27 57 17.2 15.2 18.3
* GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
