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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 1,570 1,356 214 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 797 698 99 50.8 51.5 46.3
FEMALES 773 658 115 49.2 48.5 53.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 212 162 50 13.5 11.9 23.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 166 126 40 10.6 9.3 18.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 108 80 28 6.9 5.9 13.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 405 269 136 25.8 19.8 63.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 144 97 47 9.2 7.2 22.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.2 - 1.4
15-19 209 162 47 13.3 11.9 22.0
20-24 419 352 67 26.7 26.0 31.3
25-29 524 470 54 33.4 34.7 25.2
30-34 284 255 29 18.1 18.8 13.6
35-39 116 102 14 7.4 7.5 6.5
40-44 13 13 0 0.8 1.0 -
45 AND OVER 2 2 0 0.1 0.1 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.2 - 1.4
15-19 141 97 44 9.0 7.2 20.6
20-24 139 90 49 8.8 6.6 22.9
25-29 68 45 23 4.3 3.3 10.7
30-34 35 27 8 2.2 2.0 3.7
35-39 18 9 9 1.1 0.7 4.2
40-44 1 1 0 0.1 0.1 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 13 10 3 0.8 0.7 1.4
7-9 YEARS 95 76 19 6.0 5.6 8.9
10, 11 YEARS 179 139 40 11.4 10.2 18.7
12 YEARS 529 445 84 33.7 32.8 39.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 435 397 38 27.7 29.3 17.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 310 282 28 19.7 20.8 13.1
UNKNOWN 9 7 2 0.6 0.5 0.9
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 10 6 4 0.6 0.4 1.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,354 1,200 154 86.2 88.5 72.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 173 132 41 11.0 9.7 19.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 22 11 11 1.4 0.8 5.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 11 7 4 0.7 0.5 1.9
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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.
