(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: HINDS
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HINDS 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 3,864 991 2,873 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 1,919 509 1,410 49.7 51.4 49.1
FEMALES 1,945 482 1,463 50.3 48.6 50.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 790 86 704 20.4 8.7 24.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 787 122 665 20.4 12.3 23.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 556 69 487 14.4 7.0 17.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,244 171 2,073 58.1 17.2 72.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 743 51 692 19.2 5.1 24.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 27 0 27 0.7 - 0.9
15-19 763 86 677 19.7 8.7 23.6
20-24 1,190 216 974 30.8 21.8 33.9
25-29 917 303 614 23.7 30.6 21.4
30-34 615 242 373 15.9 24.4 13.0
35-39 304 127 177 7.9 12.8 6.2
40-44 44 15 29 1.1 1.5 1.0
45 AND OVER 3 1 2 0.1 0.1 0.1
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 27 0 27 0.7 - 0.9
15-19 716 51 665 18.5 5.1 23.1
20-24 873 66 807 22.6 6.7 28.1
25-29 366 37 329 9.5 3.7 11.4
30-34 167 9 158 4.3 0.9 5.5
35-39 76 5 71 2.0 0.5 2.5
40-44 18 3 15 0.5 0.3 0.5
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # - #
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
1-6 YEARS 19 7 12 0.5 0.7 0.4
7-9 YEARS 219 34 185 5.7 3.4 6.4
10, 11 YEARS 680 72 608 17.6 7.3 21.2
12 YEARS 1,050 195 855 27.2 19.7 29.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,057 252 805 27.4 25.4 28.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 824 427 397 21.3 43.1 13.8
UNKNOWN 14 3 11 0.4 0.3 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 71 1 70 1.8 0.1 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,058 913 2,145 79.1 92.1 74.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 600 58 542 15.5 5.8 18.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 91 12 79 2.4 1.2 2.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 44 7 37 1.1 0.7 1.3
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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.
