TABLE A8.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, 
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE, 
TIME DURING PREGNANCY CARE BEGAN, AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                            
                               NUMBER                       PERCENT         
PRENATAL CARE AND                         NON-                          NON-
TIME CARE BEGAN        TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE     TOTAL     WHITE     WHITE

TOTAL                 42,678   22,652   20,026     100.0     100.0     100.0

NO PRENATAL CARE         449       81      368       1.0       0.4       1.8

SOME PRENATAL CARE    42,031   22,497   19,534      98.5      99.3      97.5
  FIRST TRIMESTER     34,571   20,090   14,481      81.0      88.7      72.3
  SECOND TRIMESTER     6,278    2,070    4,208      14.7       9.1      21.0
  THIRD TRIMESTER      1,043      289      754       2.4       1.3       3.8
  UNKNOWN MONTH          139       48       91       0.3       0.2       0.4

UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY                                                         
  PRENATAL CARE          198       74      124       0.5       0.3       0.6






TABLE A9.  LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, 
BY MATURITY AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                              
                                 NUMBER                       PERCENT         
                                            NON-                          NON-
MATURITY*                TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE     TOTAL     WHITE     WHITE

TOTAL                   42,678   22,652   20,026     100.0     100.0     100.0

IMMATURE ONLY**          1,719      673    1,046       4.0       3.0       5.2
PREMATURE ONLY**         3,917    1,691    2,226       9.2       7.5      11.1
BOTH IMMATURE AND                                                             
  PREMATURE              2,702      999    1,703       6.3       4.4       8.5

TOTAL IMMATURE           4,421    1,672    2,749      10.4       7.4      13.7
TOTAL PREMATURE          6,619    2,690    3,929      15.5      11.9      19.6
TOTAL IMMATURE AND/OR                                                         
  PREMATURE              8,338    3,363    4,975      19.5      14.8      24.8

NEITHER IMMATURE NOR                                                          
  PREMATURE**           34,340   19,289   15,051      80.5      85.2      75.2

 * IMMATURE - BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 5 1/2 POUNDS (2,500 GRAMS); PREMATURE -   
   GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS (CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE DATE OF THE    
   LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD PRIOR TO DELIVERY FROM THE DATE OF BIRTH).    

** BIRTHS CLASSIFIED AS IMMATURE ONLY OR AS PREMATURE ONLY INCLUDE SOME FOR   
   WHICH THE OTHER MEASUREMENT WAS UNKNOWN.  THOSE CLASSIFIED AS NEITHER      
   IMMATURE NOR PREMATURE INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH ONE OR BOTH MEASUREMENTS     
   WERE UNKNOWN.