TABLE 6A
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS AT BIRTH
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 4,421 1,672 2,749 10.4 7.4 13.7
ADAMS 64 15 49 13.8 10.3 15.3
ALCORN 36 28 8 8.6 7.9 12.7
AMITE 11 4 7 6.4 4.6 8.2
ATTALA 20 8 12 7.6 6.0 9.2
BENTON 19 5 14 14.7 7.6 22.2
BOLIVAR 79 14 65 12.0 8.8 12.9
CALHOUN 20 9 11 10.9 7.5 17.2
CARROLL 13 7 6 12.7 12.3 13.3
CHICKASAW 35 7 28 10.2 4.3 15.6
CHOCTAW 14 6 8 11.9 7.9 19.0
CLAIBORNE 25 2 23 15.5 12.5 15.9
CLARKE 23 11 12 9.5 9.2 9.8
CLAY 40 6 34 11.5 5.3 14.5
COAHOMA 63 11 52 11.2 12.1 11.0
COPIAH 55 12 43 13.3 7.6 16.9
COVINGTON 22 10 12 7.7 6.7 8.9
DESOTO 114 84 30 7.0 6.1 12.0
FORREST 105 46 59 9.7 7.7 12.2
FRANKLIN 10 4 6 7.5 5.6 9.7
GEORGE 41 37 4 11.3 11.3 11.4
GREENE 21 15 6 11.8 11.0 14.3
GRENADA 21 9 12 7.7 6.2 9.4
HANCOCK 44 37 7 8.0 7.6 12.1
HARRISON 268 153 115 8.8 7.2 12.8
HINDS 556 69 487 14.4 7.0 17.0
HOLMES 57 4 53 13.9 8.5 14.6
HUMPHREYS 30 2 28 14.8 6.4 16.3
ISSAQUENA 4 1 3 20.0 16.7 21.4
ITAWAMBA 13 11 2 5.0 4.7 8.0
JACKSON 157 88 69 8.4 6.7 12.7
JASPER 38 10 28 14.3 9.6 17.4
JEFFERSON 21 0 21 15.0 - 15.9
JEFF DAVIS 30 3 27 15.3 5.3 19.4
JONES 96 42 54 9.5 6.8 13.8
KEMPER 18 1 17 13.0 2.7 16.7
LAFAYETTE 43 22 21 9.6 8.7 10.9
LAMAR 50 38 12 8.4 7.5 13.6
LAUDERDALE 119 38 81 10.1 6.7 13.4
LAWRENCE 17 11 6 9.9 9.8 10.0
LEAKE 30 13 17 9.2 8.2 10.2
LEE 102 52 50 8.3 6.4 12.2
LEFLORE 69 8 61 11.4 7.5 12.2
TABLE 6A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 38 20 18 8.1 6.5 11.3
LOWNDES 113 41 72 11.5 8.4 14.7
MADISON 118 43 75 10.1 7.2 13.2
MARION 38 20 18 9.9 9.0 11.3
MARSHALL 63 15 48 11.8 6.9 15.1
MONROE 52 26 26 10.3 8.5 13.1
MONTGOMERY 12 4 8 7.6 5.8 9.1
NESHOBA 46 20 26 9.3 7.5 11.3
NEWTON 29 10 19 9.6 6.2 13.6
NOXUBEE 44 5 39 17.5 8.6 20.2
OKTIBBEHA 49 13 36 9.1 5.0 13.0
PANOLA 55 18 37 9.3 7.6 10.5
PEARL RIVER 57 44 13 8.2 7.6 11.1
PERRY 26 12 14 13.1 8.9 22.2
PIKE 67 14 53 10.1 5.8 12.5
PONTOTOC 32 25 7 8.8 8.2 11.5
PRENTISS 16 11 5 4.9 4.0 9.2
QUITMAN 27 7 20 14.8 16.3 14.4
RANKIN 135 93 42 8.6 7.2 14.3
SCOTT 47 18 29 10.8 7.8 14.4
SHARKEY 13 1 12 11.5 6.7 12.2
SIMPSON 51 22 29 12.8 10.1 15.9
SMITH 22 11 11 11.5 9.0 15.9
STONE 23 13 10 10.7 8.7 15.6
SUNFLOWER 74 18 56 12.7 14.5 12.2
TALLAHATCHIE 24 7 17 11.6 12.3 11.3
TATE 33 16 17 8.9 7.0 12.0
TIPPAH 36 20 16 11.4 8.0 24.2
TISHOMINGO 19 19 0 8.0 8.1 -
TUNICA 13 0 13 8.0 - 9.5
UNION 47 28 19 12.2 9.2 23.8
WALTHALL 20 5 15 8.8 5.3 11.3
WARREN 101 45 56 11.9 11.9 12.0
WASHINGTON 103 12 91 9.3 4.8 10.6
WAYNE 26 5 21 8.2 3.4 12.2
WEBSTER 8 5 3 5.8 4.6 10.7
WILKINSON 19 1 18 15.1 3.3 18.8
WINSTON 33 7 26 11.2 5.6 15.3
YALOBUSHA 13 8 5 7.1 8.6 5.5
YAZOO 66 17 49 15.1 11.5 17.0
