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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TIPPAH 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 316 264 52 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 179 149 30 56.6 56.4 57.7
FEMALES 137 115 22 43.4 43.6 42.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 65 51 14 20.6 19.3 26.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 63 50 13 19.9 18.9 25.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 22 18 4 7.0 6.8 7.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 91 56 35 28.8 21.2 67.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 24 12 11.4 9.1 23.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 65 51 14 20.6 19.3 26.9
20-24 115 100 15 36.4 37.9 28.8
25-29 82 66 16 25.9 25.0 30.8
30-34 36 33 3 11.4 12.5 5.8
35-39 17 13 4 5.4 4.9 7.7
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 36 24 12 11.4 9.1 23.1
20-24 29 21 8 9.2 8.0 15.4
25-29 19 8 11 6.0 3.0 21.2
30-34 3 2 1 0.9 0.8 1.9
35-39 4 1 3 1.3 0.4 5.8
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 3 3 0 0.9 1.1 -
7-9 YEARS 37 32 5 11.7 12.1 9.6
10, 11 YEARS 73 55 18 23.1 20.8 34.6
12 YEARS 111 93 18 35.1 35.2 34.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 70 59 11 22.2 22.3 21.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 22 22 0 7.0 8.3 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 277 230 47 87.6 87.1 90.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 31 28 3 9.8 10.6 5.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 5 2 2.2 1.9 3.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.3 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.
