TABLE A6. LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS IN SPECIFIED GROUP,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
AGE OF NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 19,603 4,747 14,856 45.9 21.0 74.2
UNDER 15 203 31 172 97.1 86.1 99.4
15-19 6,642 1,773 4,869 81.0 56.2 96.6
20-24 7,766 1,722 6,044 55.2 25.8 81.9
25-29 3,064 721 2,343 28.1 10.6 56.5
30-34 1,243 318 925 19.9 7.7 43.9
35-39 554 146 408 21.3 9.0 41.9
40-44 122 33 89 27.9 13.6 45.6
45-49 4 1 3 21.0 7.1 60.0
UNKNOWN 5 2 3
TABLE A7. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, FERTILITY RATES, AND
MEDIAN AGE OF MOTHER, BY TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
MEDIAN AGE
TOTAL- NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE** OF MOTHER
BIRTH NON- NON- NON- NON-
ORDER* TOTAL WHITE WHITE 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 24.6 26.1 22.9
FIRST 14,661 8,137 6,524 34.4 35.9 32.6 23.3 22.4 24.6 21.1 22.9 19.7
SECOND 13,055 7,256 5,799 30.6 32.0 29.0 20.8 20.0 21.9 24.7 26.4 22.8
THIRD 8,117 4,209 3,908 19.0 18.6 19.5 12.9 11.6 14.7 26.6 28.2 24.8
FOURTH 3,810 1,771 2,039 8.9 7.8 10.2 6.0 4.9 7.7 27.7 29.4 26.0
FIFTH 1,708 743 965 4.0 3.3 4.8 2.7 2.0 3.6 28.6 30.3 27.3
SIXTH 657 264 393 1.5 1.2 2.0 1.0 0.7 1.5 29.8 31.5 29.1
SEVENTH 289 118 171 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 31.5 33.2 30.2
EIGHTH 157 66 91 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 32.0 33.7 31.1
NINTH 75 29 46 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 33.8 37.5 32.5
TENTH AND
OVER 89 36 53 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 35.7 36.5 35.2
UNKNOWN 60 23 37 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
* INCLUDES ALL LIVE BIRTHS PLUS ALL FETAL DEATHS REGARDLESS OF LENGTH OF GESTATION.
** LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.
