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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TALLAHATCHIE 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 219 74 145 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 107 35 72 48.8 47.3 49.6
FEMALES 112 39 73 51.1 52.7 50.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 61 11 50 27.8 14.9 34.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 34 1 33 15.5 1.4 22.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 32 3 29 14.6 4.0 20.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 134 13 121 61.2 17.6 83.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 6 50 25.6 8.1 34.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 1.4 - 2.1
15-19 58 11 47 26.5 14.9 32.4
20-24 84 25 59 38.4 33.8 40.7
25-29 44 28 16 20.1 37.8 11.0
30-34 24 8 16 11.0 10.8 11.0
35-39 5 1 4 2.3 1.4 2.8
40-44 1 1 0 0.4 1.4 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 1.4 - 2.1
15-19 53 6 47 24.2 8.1 32.4
20-24 55 6 49 25.1 8.1 33.8
25-29 13 1 12 5.9 1.4 8.3
30-34 10 0 10 4.6 - 6.9
35-39 0 0 0 - - -
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 1 0 1 0.4 - 0.7
7-9 YEARS 38 10 28 17.4 13.5 19.3
10, 11 YEARS 55 12 43 25.1 16.2 29.6
12 YEARS 64 22 42 29.2 29.7 29.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 45 21 24 20.5 28.4 16.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 16 9 7 7.3 12.2 4.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 0 5 2.3 - 3.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 174 70 104 79.4 94.6 71.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 33 3 30 15.1 4.0 20.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 0 5 2.3 - 3.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 1 1 0.9 1.4 0.7
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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.
