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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 1,569 1,255 314 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 807 653 154 51.4 52.0 49.0
FEMALES 762 602 160 48.6 48.0 51.0
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 209 146 63 13.3 11.6 20.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 234 166 68 14.9 13.2 21.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 156 101 55 9.9 8.0 17.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 404 213 191 25.7 17.0 60.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 158 98 60 10.1 7.8 19.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 1 4 0.3 0.1 1.3
15-19 204 145 59 13.0 11.6 18.8
20-24 403 289 114 25.7 23.0 36.3
25-29 498 426 72 31.7 33.9 22.9
30-34 316 272 44 20.1 21.7 14.0
35-39 130 111 19 8.3 8.8 6.0
40-44 12 10 2 0.8 0.8 0.6
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.1 0.1 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 5 1 4 0.3 0.1 1.3
15-19 153 97 56 9.8 7.7 17.8
20-24 150 67 83 9.6 5.3 26.4
25-29 62 32 30 4.0 2.6 9.6
30-34 22 10 12 1.4 0.8 3.8
35-39 11 5 6 0.7 0.4 1.9
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 5 4 1 0.3 0.3 0.3
7-9 YEARS 102 81 21 6.5 6.4 6.7
10, 11 YEARS 175 115 60 11.2 9.2 19.1
12 YEARS 410 312 98 26.1 24.9 31.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 415 334 81 26.4 26.6 25.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 458 407 51 29.2 32.4 16.2
UNKNOWN 4 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.6
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 5 4 0.6 0.4 1.3
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,388 1,142 246 88.5 91.0 78.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 146 95 51 9.3 7.6 16.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 13 8 5 0.8 0.6 1.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 13 5 8 0.8 0.4 2.5
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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.
