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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 1,632 1,381 251 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 827 697 130 50.7 50.5 51.8
FEMALES 805 684 121 49.3 49.5 48.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 223 160 63 13.7 11.6 25.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 178 134 44 10.9 9.7 17.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 114 84 30 7.0 6.1 12.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 420 280 140 25.7 20.3 55.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 163 102 61 10.0 7.4 24.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 4 1 0.3 0.3 0.4
15-19 218 156 62 13.4 11.3 24.7
20-24 396 335 61 24.3 24.2 24.3
25-29 548 488 60 33.6 35.3 23.9
30-34 326 285 41 20.0 20.6 16.3
35-39 116 96 20 7.1 7.0 8.0
40-44 23 17 6 1.4 1.2 2.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 3 1 0.2 0.2 0.4
15-19 159 99 60 9.7 7.2 23.9
20-24 133 91 42 8.2 6.6 16.7
25-29 75 53 22 4.6 3.8 8.8
30-34 29 23 6 1.8 1.7 2.4
35-39 14 7 7 0.8 0.5 2.8
40-44 6 4 2 0.4 0.3 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 8 7 1 0.5 0.5 0.4
7-9 YEARS 98 80 18 6.0 5.8 7.2
10, 11 YEARS 179 137 42 11.0 9.9 16.7
12 YEARS 521 414 107 31.9 30.0 42.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 475 428 47 29.1 31.0 18.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 324 289 35 19.8 20.9 13.9
UNKNOWN 27 26 1 1.6 1.9 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 8 5 3 0.5 0.4 1.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,405 1,220 185 86.1 88.3 73.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 184 135 49 11.3 9.8 19.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 23 14 9 1.4 1.0 3.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 12 7 5 0.7 0.5 2.0
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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.
