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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1998
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 460 388 72 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 234 201 33 50.9 51.8 45.8
FEMALES 226 187 39 49.1 48.2 54.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 93 74 19 20.2 19.1 26.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 68 54 14 14.8 13.9 19.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 49 35 14 10.6 9.0 19.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 122 68 54 26.5 17.5 75.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 28 18 10.0 7.2 25.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 3 0 0.6 0.8 -
15-19 90 71 19 19.6 18.3 26.4
20-24 137 113 24 29.8 29.1 33.3
25-29 136 118 18 29.6 30.4 25.0
30-34 72 64 8 15.6 16.5 11.1
35-39 19 16 3 4.1 4.1 4.2
40-44 3 3 0 0.6 0.8 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 3 0 0.6 0.8 -
15-19 43 25 18 9.3 6.4 25.0
20-24 47 27 20 10.2 7.0 27.8
25-29 19 6 13 4.1 1.5 18.0
30-34 5 2 3 1.1 0.5 4.2
35-39 4 4 0 0.9 1.0 -
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 3 0 0.6 0.8 -
7-9 YEARS 45 39 6 9.8 10.0 8.3
10, 11 YEARS 94 69 25 20.4 17.8 34.7
12 YEARS 149 127 22 32.4 32.7 30.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 97 84 13 21.1 21.6 18.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 72 66 6 15.6 17.0 8.3
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.6 - 4.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 414 357 57 90.0 92.0 79.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 39 28 11 8.5 7.2 15.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 1 1 0.4 0.2 1.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 -
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
