(HSWWBRCO)
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HOLMES 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 411 47 364 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 224 27 197 54.5 57.4 54.1
FEMALES 187 20 167 45.5 42.6 45.9
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 97 4 93 23.6 8.5 25.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 88 3 85 21.4 6.4 23.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 57 4 53 13.9 8.5 14.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 306 4 302 74.4 8.5 83.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 94 1 93 22.9 2.1 25.5
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.5 - 0.5
15-19 95 4 91 23.1 8.5 25.0
20-24 138 15 123 33.6 31.9 33.8
25-29 94 16 78 22.9 34.0 21.4
30-34 52 7 45 12.6 14.9 12.4
35-39 26 4 22 6.3 8.5 6.0
40-44 4 1 3 1.0 2.1 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.5 - 0.5
15-19 92 1 91 22.4 2.1 25.0
20-24 116 1 115 28.2 2.1 31.6
25-29 62 2 60 15.1 4.2 16.5
30-34 20 0 20 4.9 - 5.5
35-39 11 0 11 2.7 - 3.0
40-44 3 0 3 0.7 - 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.3
1-6 YEARS 3 1 2 0.7 2.1 0.5
7-9 YEARS 38 2 36 9.2 4.2 9.9
10, 11 YEARS 92 6 86 22.4 12.8 23.6
12 YEARS 163 5 158 39.6 10.6 43.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 80 19 61 19.5 40.4 16.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 32 14 18 7.8 29.8 4.9
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 0.5 - 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 11 0 11 2.7 - 3.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 287 46 241 69.8 97.9 66.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 95 1 94 23.1 2.1 25.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 15 0 15 3.6 - 4.1
UNKNOWN MONTH 3 0 3 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.
