TABLE 7
PREMATURE* LIVE BIRTHS 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 6,619 2,690 3,929 15.5 11.9 19.6
ADAMS 84 19 65 18.1 13.1 20.3
ALCORN 66 56 10 15.9 15.9 15.9
AMITE 18 5 13 10.5 5.8 15.3
ATTALA 45 17 28 17.1 12.8 21.5
BENTON 26 10 16 20.2 15.2 25.4
BOLIVAR 145 24 121 21.9 15.1 24.1
CALHOUN 26 14 12 14.1 11.7 18.8
CARROLL 13 9 4 12.7 15.8 8.9
CHICKASAW 46 15 31 13.4 9.2 17.2
CHOCTAW 20 13 7 16.9 17.1 16.7
CLAIBORNE 34 4 30 21.1 25.0 20.7
CLARKE 35 14 21 14.5 11.7 17.2
CLAY 62 13 49 17.8 11.4 20.9
COAHOMA 100 14 86 17.8 15.4 18.2
COPIAH 75 20 55 18.2 12.6 21.6
COVINGTON 46 16 30 16.1 10.7 22.2
DESOTO 178 134 44 10.9 9.7 17.5
FORREST 156 60 96 14.4 10.0 19.9
FRANKLIN 11 3 8 8.2 4.2 12.9
GEORGE 62 50 12 17.1 15.2 34.3
GREENE 16 10 6 9.0 7.4 14.3
GRENADA 45 19 26 16.4 13.0 20.3
HANCOCK 64 56 8 11.7 11.4 13.8
HARRISON 429 260 169 14.1 12.2 18.9
HINDS 787 122 665 20.4 12.3 23.1
HOLMES 88 3 85 21.4 6.4 23.4
HUMPHREYS 38 4 34 18.7 12.9 19.8
ISSAQUENA 5 1 4 25.0 16.7 28.6
ITAWAMBA 24 20 4 9.2 8.5 16.0
JACKSON 221 145 76 11.9 11.0 14.0
JASPER 40 14 26 15.1 13.5 16.1
JEFFERSON 21 0 21 15.0 - 15.9
JEFF DAVIS 45 7 38 23.0 12.3 27.3
JONES 130 62 68 12.9 10.0 17.4
KEMPER 23 4 19 16.5 10.8 18.6
LAFAYETTE 63 36 27 14.1 14.2 14.0
LAMAR 66 54 12 11.1 10.7 13.6
LAUDERDALE 182 68 114 15.5 12.0 18.9
LAWRENCE 27 15 12 15.7 13.4 20.0
LEAKE 53 22 31 16.4 13.9 18.7
LEE 188 94 94 15.4 11.6 22.9
LEFLORE 89 10 79 14.7 9.3 15.8
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PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 55 26 29 11.8 8.4 18.2
LOWNDES 162 65 97 16.5 13.3 19.8
MADISON 199 72 127 17.0 12.0 22.4
MARION 44 18 26 11.5 8.1 16.4
MARSHALL 85 27 58 15.9 12.4 18.3
MONROE 68 39 29 13.5 12.8 14.6
MONTGOMERY 30 10 20 19.1 14.5 22.7
NESHOBA 69 26 43 13.9 9.8 18.7
NEWTON 43 13 30 14.2 8.0 21.4
NOXUBEE 60 7 53 23.9 12.1 27.5
OKTIBBEHA 70 24 46 13.1 9.2 16.7
PANOLA 113 32 81 19.2 13.5 22.9
PEARL RIVER 80 63 17 11.5 10.9 14.5
PERRY 35 21 14 17.7 15.6 22.2
PIKE 80 18 62 12.0 7.5 14.6
PONTOTOC 52 44 8 14.2 14.5 13.1
PRENTISS 54 46 8 16.6 17.0 14.8
QUITMAN 27 8 19 14.8 18.6 13.7
RANKIN 253 184 69 16.0 14.3 23.5
SCOTT 76 32 44 17.6 13.8 21.8
SHARKEY 20 2 18 17.7 13.3 18.4
SIMPSON 71 27 44 17.8 12.4 24.2
SMITH 24 14 10 12.6 11.5 14.5
STONE 28 17 11 13.1 11.3 17.2
SUNFLOWER 105 20 85 18.0 16.1 18.5
TALLAHATCHIE 27 6 21 13.0 10.5 14.0
TATE 51 29 22 13.7 12.6 15.6
TIPPAH 61 40 21 19.3 16.0 31.8
TISHOMINGO 27 27 0 11.3 11.5 -
TUNICA 28 2 26 17.3 8.0 19.0
UNION 60 44 16 15.5 14.4 20.0
WALTHALL 30 7 23 13.2 7.4 17.3
WARREN 146 58 88 17.2 15.3 18.8
WASHINGTON 167 24 143 15.1 9.7 16.7
WAYNE 40 9 31 12.6 6.2 18.0
WEBSTER 18 13 5 13.1 11.9 17.8
WILKINSON 21 1 20 16.7 3.3 20.8
WINSTON 47 14 33 16.0 11.3 19.4
YALOBUSHA 17 8 9 9.2 8.6 9.9
YAZOO 84 17 67 19.2 11.5 23.2
* GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
