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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 635 521 114 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 338 281 57 53.2 53.9 50.0
FEMALES 297 240 57 46.8 46.1 50.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 122 94 28 19.2 18.0 24.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 82 58 24 12.9 11.1 21.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 45 28 17 7.1 5.4 14.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 210 135 75 33.1 25.9 65.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 86 58 28 13.5 11.1 24.6
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.9
15-19 121 94 27 19.0 18.0 23.7
20-24 227 183 44 35.7 35.1 38.6
25-29 165 141 24 26.0 27.1 21.0
30-34 81 71 10 12.8 13.6 8.8
35-39 33 27 6 5.2 5.2 5.3
40-44 7 5 2 1.1 1.0 1.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.9
15-19 85 58 27 13.4 11.1 23.7
20-24 79 51 28 12.4 9.8 24.6
25-29 32 18 14 5.0 3.4 12.3
30-34 8 5 3 1.3 1.0 2.6
35-39 4 2 2 0.6 0.4 1.8
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.2 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 2 0 0.3 0.4 -
7-9 YEARS 68 58 10 10.7 11.1 8.8
10, 11 YEARS 87 70 17 13.7 13.4 14.9
12 YEARS 231 182 49 36.4 34.9 43.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 164 137 27 25.8 26.3 23.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 83 72 11 13.1 13.8 9.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 3 2 0.8 0.6 1.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 551 464 87 86.8 89.1 76.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 73 51 22 11.5 9.8 19.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 3 2 1 0.5 0.4 0.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 1 2 0.5 0.2 1.8
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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.
