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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TUNICA 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 173 28 145 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 84 15 69 48.6 53.6 47.6
FEMALES 89 13 76 51.4 46.4 52.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 52 3 49 30.0 10.7 33.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 33 4 29 19.1 14.3 20.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 24 3 21 13.9 10.7 14.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 137 8 129 79.2 28.6 89.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 1 48 28.3 3.6 33.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 - 0.7
15-19 51 3 48 29.5 10.7 33.1
20-24 63 7 56 36.4 25.0 38.6
25-29 33 8 25 19.1 28.6 17.2
30-34 16 5 11 9.2 17.8 7.6
35-39 9 5 4 5.2 17.8 2.8
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.6 - 0.7
15-19 48 1 47 27.7 3.6 32.4
20-24 53 2 51 30.6 7.1 35.2
25-29 25 4 21 14.4 14.3 14.5
30-34 8 0 8 4.6 - 5.5
35-39 2 1 1 1.2 3.6 0.7
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 0.6 - 0.7
7-9 YEARS 11 0 11 6.4 - 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 40 7 33 23.1 25.0 22.8
12 YEARS 87 10 77 50.3 35.7 53.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 23 4 19 13.3 14.3 13.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 11 7 4 6.4 25.0 2.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 2.3 - 2.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 115 22 93 66.5 78.6 64.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 41 4 37 23.7 14.3 25.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 12 2 10 6.9 7.1 6.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 0 1 0.6 - 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.
