TABLE A4. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND FERTILITY RATES,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE*
AGE OF NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 42,678 22,652 20,026 100.0 100.0 100.0 67.9 62.3 75.5
UNDER 15 209 36 173 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.1 0.7 3.7
15-19 8,196 3,157 5,039 19.2 13.9 25.2 72.5 53.2 93.8
20-24 14,061 6,681 7,380 32.9 29.5 36.8 133.8 118.8 151.0
25-29 10,914 6,765 4,149 25.6 29.9 20.7 107.0 115.2 95.8
30-34 6,235 4,127 2,108 14.6 18.2 10.5 65.7 72.0 56.1
35-39 2,599 1,626 973 6.1 7.2 4.8 24.5 24.9 23.8
40-44 437 242 195 1.0 1.1 1.0 4.1 3.6 4.8
45-49 19 14 5 ** 0.1 ** 0.2 0.2 0.1
UNKNOWN 8 4 4 ** ** **
* FOR TOTAL GROUP - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE; FOR
SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
TABLE A5. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED BY MOTHER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
YEARS OF SCHOOL NUMBER PERCENT* CUMULATIVE PERCENT*
COMPLETED BY NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL BIRTHS 42,678 22,652 20,026 100.0 100.0 100.0
0-6 YEARS 274 162 112 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6
7-9 YEARS 3,572 1,778 1,794 8.4 7.9 9.0 9.0 8.6 9.5
10, 11 YEARS 7,065 2,670 4,395 16.6 11.8 22.0 25.6 20.4 31.6
12 YEARS 13,995 6,613 7,382 32.9 29.3 37.0 58.5 49.7 68.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,731 6,080 4,651 25.2 26.9 23.3 83.8 76.6 91.8
4 OR MORE YEARS
OF COLLEGE 6,908 5,277 1,631 16.2 23.4 8.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNKNOWN 133 72 61
MEDIAN YEARS
COMPLETED* 12.7 13.0 12.5
* CALCULATIONS EXCLUDE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WITH EDUCATION UNKNOWN.
