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COUNTY: COAHOMA

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COAHOMA 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                  563     91    472   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         274     49    225    48.7   53.8   47.7
        FEMALES                       289     42    247    51.3   46.2   52.3
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               175     14    161    31.1   15.4   34.1
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*             100     14     86    17.8   15.4   18.2
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              63     11     52    11.2   12.1   11.0
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           407     20    387    72.3   22.0   82.0
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS      162      9    153    28.8    9.9   32.4

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     6      0      6     1.1      -    1.3
           15-19                      169     14    155    30.0   15.4   32.8
           20-24                      204     21    183    36.2   23.1   38.8
           25-29                      111     33     78    19.7   36.3   16.5
           30-34                       50     19     31     8.9   20.9    6.6
           35-39                       19      4     15     3.4    4.4    3.2
           40-44                        4      0      4     0.7      -    0.8
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     6      0      6     1.1      -    1.3
           15-19                      156      9    147    27.7    9.9   31.1
           20-24                      161      5    156    28.6    5.5   33.0
           25-29                       54      4     50     9.6    4.4   10.6
           30-34                       23      2     21     4.1    2.2    4.4
           35-39                        4      0      4     0.7      -    0.8
           40-44                        3      0      3     0.5      -    0.6
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    6      2      4     1.1    2.2    0.8
           7-9 YEARS                   66      7     59    11.7    7.7   12.5
           10, 11 YEARS               140     10    130    24.9   11.0   27.5
           12 YEARS                   175     23    152    31.1   25.3   32.2
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE          126     19    107    22.4   20.9   22.7
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     50     30     20     8.9   33.0    4.2
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                     20      1     19     3.6    1.1    4.0
           FIRST TRIMESTER            434     84    350    77.1   92.3   74.2
           SECOND TRIMESTER            91      5     86    16.2    5.5   18.2
           THIRD TRIMESTER             14      1     13     2.5    1.1    2.8
           UNKNOWN MONTH                4      0      4     0.7      -    0.8
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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.

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