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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 489 178 311 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 264 97 167 54.0 54.5 53.7
FEMALES 225 81 144 46.0 45.5 46.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 116 27 89 23.7 15.2 28.6
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 84 27 57 17.2 15.2 18.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 70 19 51 14.3 10.7 16.4
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 286 36 250 58.5 20.2 80.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 102 14 88 20.8 7.9 28.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 1 8 1.8 0.6 2.6
15-19 107 26 81 21.9 14.6 26.0
20-24 160 57 103 32.7 32.0 33.1
25-29 116 55 61 23.7 30.9 19.6
30-34 62 23 39 12.7 12.9 12.5
35-39 26 15 11 5.3 8.4 3.5
40-44 9 1 8 1.8 0.6 2.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 1 8 1.8 0.6 2.6
15-19 93 13 80 19.0 7.3 25.7
20-24 109 17 92 22.3 9.6 29.6
25-29 48 4 44 9.8 2.2 14.1
30-34 19 1 18 3.9 0.6 5.8
35-39 4 0 4 0.8 - 1.3
40-44 4 0 4 0.8 - 1.3
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 2 1 0.6 1.1 0.3
7-9 YEARS 64 13 51 13.1 7.3 16.4
10, 11 YEARS 104 28 76 21.3 15.7 24.4
12 YEARS 165 47 118 33.7 26.4 37.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 103 53 50 21.1 29.8 16.1
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 50 35 15 10.2 19.7 4.8
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 0 3 0.6 - 1.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 381 159 222 77.9 89.3 71.4
SECOND TRIMESTER 88 17 71 18.0 9.6 22.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 1 8 1.8 0.6 2.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 8 1 7 1.6 0.6 2.2
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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.
