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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF CHICKASAW 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 310 186 124 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 167 98 69 53.9 52.7 55.6
FEMALES 143 88 55 46.1 47.3 44.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 71 36 35 22.9 19.4 28.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 42 22 20 13.5 11.8 16.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 23 12 11 7.4 6.4 8.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 118 39 79 38.1 21.0 63.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 50 16 34 16.1 8.6 27.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.8
15-19 70 36 34 22.6 19.4 27.4
20-24 95 55 40 30.6 29.6 32.2
25-29 79 59 20 25.5 31.7 16.1
30-34 42 23 19 13.5 12.4 15.3
35-39 20 13 7 6.4 7.0 5.6
40-44 3 0 3 1.0 - 2.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.8
15-19 49 16 33 15.8 8.6 26.6
20-24 46 15 31 14.8 8.1 25.0
25-29 13 7 6 4.2 3.8 4.8
30-34 9 1 8 2.9 0.5 6.4
35-39 0 0 0 - - -
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 0.3 - 0.8
1-6 YEARS 7 6 1 2.2 3.2 0.8
7-9 YEARS 42 31 11 13.5 16.7 8.9
10, 11 YEARS 63 30 33 20.3 16.1 26.6
12 YEARS 101 56 45 32.6 30.1 36.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 66 38 28 21.3 20.4 22.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 30 25 5 9.7 13.4 4.0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 258 165 93 83.2 88.7 75.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 39 16 23 12.6 8.6 18.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 4 7 3.5 2.2 5.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.6 0.5 0.8
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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.
