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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 413 158 255 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 208 79 129 50.4 50.0 50.6
FEMALES 205 79 126 49.6 50.0 49.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 82 24 58 19.8 15.2 22.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 75 20 55 18.2 12.6 21.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 55 12 43 13.3 7.6 16.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 221 36 185 53.5 22.8 72.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 70 14 56 16.9 8.9 22.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.2
15-19 79 24 55 19.1 15.2 21.6
20-24 153 45 108 37.0 28.5 42.4
25-29 104 51 53 25.2 32.3 20.8
30-34 48 29 19 11.6 18.4 7.4
35-39 23 8 15 5.6 5.1 5.9
40-44 3 1 2 0.7 0.6 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.2
15-19 67 14 53 16.2 8.9 20.8
20-24 104 16 88 25.2 10.1 34.5
25-29 28 5 23 6.8 3.2 9.0
30-34 10 1 9 2.4 0.6 3.5
35-39 8 0 8 1.9 - 3.1
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
7-9 YEARS 23 9 14 5.6 5.7 5.5
10, 11 YEARS 63 19 44 15.2 12.0 17.2
12 YEARS 159 47 112 38.5 29.7 43.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 121 50 71 29.3 31.6 27.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 45 32 13 10.9 20.2 5.1
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.6 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 362 144 218 87.6 91.1 85.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 41 10 31 9.9 6.3 12.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 3 3 1.4 1.9 1.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 1 2 0.7 0.6 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.
