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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NESHOBA 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 447 220 227 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 229 119 110 51.2 54.1 48.4
FEMALES 218 101 117 48.8 45.9 51.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 107 46 61 23.9 20.9 26.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 61 21 40 13.6 9.5 17.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 42 20 22 9.4 9.1 9.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 197 37 160 44.1 16.8 70.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 71 18 53 15.9 8.2 23.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 0.9
15-19 105 46 59 23.5 20.9 26.0
20-24 144 66 78 32.2 30.0 34.4
25-29 123 65 58 27.5 29.5 25.6
30-34 58 37 21 13.0 16.8 9.2
35-39 12 6 6 2.7 2.7 2.6
40-44 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 0.9
15-19 69 18 51 15.4 8.2 22.5
20-24 67 11 56 15.0 5.0 24.7
25-29 40 4 36 8.9 1.8 15.8
30-34 14 4 10 3.1 1.8 4.4
35-39 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.3
40-44 2 0 2 0.4 - 0.9
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 4 1 3 0.9 0.4 1.3
7-9 YEARS 54 20 34 12.1 9.1 15.0
10, 11 YEARS 96 28 68 21.5 12.7 30.0
12 YEARS 149 77 72 33.3 35.0 31.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 97 51 46 21.7 23.2 20.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 47 43 4 10.5 19.5 1.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 0 6 1.3 - 2.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 362 202 160 81.0 91.8 70.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 71 16 55 15.9 7.3 24.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 1 5 1.3 0.4 2.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.4 0.4 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.
