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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 372 322 50 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 185 155 30 49.7 48.1 60.0
FEMALES 187 167 20 50.3 51.9 40.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 62 48 14 16.7 14.9 28.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 53 45 8 14.2 14.0 16.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 29 24 5 7.8 7.4 10.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 86 53 33 23.1 16.5 66.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 24 14 10.2 7.4 28.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.5 0.3 2.0
15-19 60 47 13 16.1 14.6 26.0
20-24 117 95 22 31.4 29.5 44.0
25-29 108 99 9 29.0 30.7 18.0
30-34 63 61 2 16.9 18.9 4.0
35-39 16 13 3 4.3 4.0 6.0
40-44 6 6 0 1.6 1.9 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.5 0.3 2.0
15-19 36 23 13 9.7 7.1 26.0
20-24 28 11 17 7.5 3.4 34.0
25-29 11 10 1 3.0 3.1 2.0
30-34 8 7 1 2.2 2.2 2.0
35-39 0 0 0 - - -
40-44 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 7 7 0 1.9 2.2 -
7-9 YEARS 34 31 3 9.1 9.6 6.0
10, 11 YEARS 66 51 15 17.7 15.8 30.0
12 YEARS 131 114 17 35.2 35.4 34.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 93 80 13 25.0 24.8 26.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 39 37 2 10.5 11.5 4.0
UNKNOWN 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
FIRST TRIMESTER 329 290 39 88.4 90.1 78.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 29 22 7 7.8 6.8 14.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 7 3 2.7 2.2 6.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.5 0.3 2.0
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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.
