(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: HINDS
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HINDS 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 4,027 1,130 2,897 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,023 587 1,436 50.2 51.9 49.6
FEMALES 2,004 543 1,461 49.8 48.0 50.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 799 108 691 19.8 9.6 23.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 789 139 650 19.6 12.3 22.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 529 84 445 13.1 7.4 15.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,276 213 2,063 56.5 18.8 71.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 750 72 678 18.6 6.4 23.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 38 2 36 0.9 0.2 1.2
15-19 761 106 655 18.9 9.4 22.6
20-24 1,230 251 979 30.5 22.2 33.8
25-29 993 345 648 24.6 30.5 22.4
30-34 639 273 366 15.9 24.2 12.6
35-39 297 120 177 7.4 10.6 6.1
40-44 68 32 36 1.7 2.8 1.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 38 2 36 0.9 0.2 1.2
15-19 712 70 642 17.7 6.2 22.2
20-24 893 72 821 22.2 6.4 28.3
25-29 397 39 358 9.8 3.4 12.4
30-34 145 19 126 3.6 1.7 4.3
35-39 70 6 64 1.7 0.5 2.2
40-44 20 4 16 0.5 0.4 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 # - #
1-6 YEARS 13 1 12 0.3 0.1 0.4
7-9 YEARS 291 68 223 7.2 6.0 7.7
10, 11 YEARS 667 90 577 16.6 8.0 19.9
12 YEARS 1,071 221 850 26.6 19.6 29.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,094 289 805 27.2 25.6 27.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 885 458 427 22.0 40.5 14.7
UNKNOWN 5 3 2 0.1 0.3 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 81 7 74 2.0 0.6 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,132 1,022 2,110 77.8 90.4 72.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 688 82 606 17.1 7.2 20.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 91 11 80 2.3 1.0 2.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 35 8 27 0.9 0.7 0.9
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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.
