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DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT MISSISSIPPI , 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 42,917 22,950 19,967 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 21,841 11,757 10,084 50.9 51.2 50.5
FEMALES 21,076 11,193 9,883 49.1 48.8 49.5
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 8,598 3,235 5,363 20.0 14.1 26.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 6,614 2,762 3,852 15.4 12.0 19.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 4,346 1,657 2,689 10.1 7.2 13.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 19,500 4,680 14,820 45.4 20.4 74.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 6,978 1,790 5,188 16.2 7.8 26.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 285 28 257 0.7 0.1 1.3
15-19 8,313 3,207 5,106 19.4 14.0 25.6
20-24 14,152 6,844 7,308 33.0 29.8 36.6
25-29 10,966 6,887 4,079 25.6 30.0 20.4
30-34 6,196 4,113 2,083 14.4 17.9 10.4
35-39 2,551 1,620 931 5.9 7.0 4.7
40-44 435 237 198 1.0 1.0 1.0
45 AND OVER 14 11 3 # # #
UNKNOWN 5 3 2 # # #
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 284 27 257 0.7 0.1 1.3
15-19 6,694 1,763 4,931 15.6 7.7 24.7
20-24 7,669 1,705 5,964 17.9 7.4 29.9
25-29 3,032 687 2,345 7.1 3.0 11.7
30-34 1,206 323 883 2.8 1.4 4.4
35-39 504 148 356 1.2 0.6 1.8
40-44 106 24 82 0.2 0.1 0.4
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 # # #
UNKNOWN 3 2 1 # # #
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 7 2 5 # # #
1-6 YEARS 268 131 137 0.6 0.6 0.7
7-9 YEARS 3,845 1,884 1,961 9.0 8.2 9.8
10, 11 YEARS 7,102 2,780 4,322 16.5 12.1 21.6
12 YEARS 14,110 6,802 7,308 32.9 29.6 36.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,712 6,139 4,573 25.0 26.7 22.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 6,782 5,164 1,618 15.8 22.5 8.1
UNKNOWN 91 48 43 0.2 0.2 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 505 98 407 1.2 0.4 2.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 34,388 20,412 13,976 80.1 88.9 70.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 6,552 2,045 4,507 15.3 8.9 22.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 1,133 277 856 2.6 1.2 4.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 339 118 221 0.8 0.5 1.1
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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.