TABLE A4. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND FERTILITY RATES,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE*
AGE OF NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 42,917 22,950 19,967 100.0 100.0 100.0 68.2 62.9 75.6
UNDER 15 285 28 257 0.7 0.1 1.3 2.8 0.5 5.4
15-19 8,313 3,207 5,106 19.4 14.0 25.6 72.9 53.7 94.1
20-24 14,152 6,844 7,308 33.0 29.8 36.6 135.5 121.6 151.7
25-29 10,966 6,887 4,079 25.6 30.0 20.4 106.3 114.4 94.9
30-34 6,196 4,113 2,083 14.4 17.9 10.4 65.3 71.7 55.4
35-39 2,551 1,620 931 5.9 7.0 4.7 24.0 24.8 22.8
40-44 435 237 198 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.1 3.6 4.9
45-49 14 11 3 ** ** ** 0.2 0.2 0.1
UNKNOWN 5 3 2 ** ** **
* FOR TOTAL GROUP - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE; FOR
SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
TABLE A5. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED BY MOTHER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
YEARS OF SCHOOL NUMBER PERCENT* CUMULATIVE PERCENT*
COMPLETED BY NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL BIRTHS 42,917 22,950 19,967 100.0 100.0 100.0
0-6 YEARS 275 133 142 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7
7-9 YEARS 3,845 1,884 1,961 9.0 8.2 9.8 9.6 8.8 10.6
10, 11 YEARS 7,102 2,780 4,322 16.6 12.1 21.7 26.2 20.9 32.2
12 YEARS 14,110 6,802 7,308 32.9 29.7 36.7 59.2 50.6 68.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,712 6,139 4,573 25.0 26.8 23.0 84.2 77.4 91.9
4 OR MORE YEARS
OF COLLEGE 6,782 5,164 1,618 15.8 22.5 8.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNKNOWN 91 48 43
MEDIAN YEARS
COMPLETED* 12.7 13.0 12.5
* CALCULATIONS EXCLUDE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WITH EDUCATION UNKNOWN.
