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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 1999
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 416 353 63 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 207 183 24 49.8 51.8 38.1
FEMALES 209 170 39 50.2 48.2 61.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 84 67 17 20.2 19.0 27.0
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 66 56 10 15.9 15.9 15.9
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 28 8 8.6 7.9 12.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 131 85 46 31.5 24.1 73.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 32 17 11.8 9.1 27.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 -
15-19 83 66 17 20.0 18.7 27.0
20-24 153 121 32 36.8 34.3 50.8
25-29 113 103 10 27.2 29.2 15.9
30-34 44 41 3 10.6 11.6 4.8
35-39 20 19 1 4.8 5.4 1.6
40-44 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 -
15-19 48 31 17 11.5 8.8 27.0
20-24 55 32 23 13.2 9.1 36.5
25-29 17 12 5 4.1 3.4 7.9
30-34 6 5 1 1.4 1.4 1.6
35-39 3 3 0 0.7 0.8 -
40-44 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 3 0 0.7 0.8 -
7-9 YEARS 50 41 9 12.0 11.6 14.3
10, 11 YEARS 72 55 17 17.3 15.6 27.0
12 YEARS 166 142 24 39.9 40.2 38.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 73 62 11 17.5 17.6 17.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 52 50 2 12.5 14.2 3.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 370 324 46 88.9 91.8 73.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 39 25 14 9.4 7.1 22.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 2 3 1.2 0.6 4.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
