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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 435 177 258 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 222 88 134 51.0 49.7 51.9
FEMALES 213 89 124 49.0 50.3 48.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 99 28 71 22.8 15.8 27.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 74 18 56 17.0 10.2 21.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 46 13 33 10.6 7.3 12.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 212 30 182 48.7 16.9 70.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 17 68 19.5 9.6 26.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 1 8 2.1 0.6 3.1
15-19 90 27 63 20.7 15.2 24.4
20-24 143 49 94 32.9 27.7 36.4
25-29 98 53 45 22.5 29.9 17.4
30-34 58 32 26 13.3 18.1 10.1
35-39 31 14 17 7.1 7.9 6.6
40-44 6 1 5 1.4 0.6 1.9
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 1 8 2.1 0.6 3.1
15-19 76 16 60 17.5 9.0 23.2
20-24 87 8 79 20.0 4.5 30.6
25-29 23 3 20 5.3 1.7 7.8
30-34 8 1 7 1.8 0.6 2.7
35-39 8 1 7 1.8 0.6 2.7
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 2 2 0.9 1.1 0.8
7-9 YEARS 37 11 26 8.5 6.2 10.1
10, 11 YEARS 72 18 54 16.6 10.2 20.9
12 YEARS 161 60 101 37.0 33.9 39.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 101 55 46 23.2 31.1 17.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 57 29 28 13.1 16.4 10.8
UNKNOWN 3 2 1 0.7 1.1 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 369 160 209 84.8 90.4 81.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 52 13 39 12.0 7.3 15.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 1 6 1.6 0.6 2.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 3 1 0.9 1.7 0.4
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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.
