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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF NESHOBA 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 496 266 230 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 250 133 117 50.4 50.0 50.9
FEMALES 246 133 113 49.6 50.0 49.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 83 32 51 16.7 12.0 22.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 69 26 43 13.9 9.8 18.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 46 20 26 9.3 7.5 11.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 208 48 160 41.9 18.0 69.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 68 20 48 13.7 7.5 20.9
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 -
15-19 82 31 51 16.5 11.6 22.2
20-24 168 80 88 33.9 30.1 38.3
25-29 148 96 52 29.8 36.1 22.6
30-34 65 39 26 13.1 14.7 11.3
35-39 24 15 9 4.8 5.6 3.9
40-44 8 4 4 1.6 1.5 1.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.4 -
15-19 67 19 48 13.5 7.1 20.9
20-24 77 15 62 15.5 5.6 27.0
25-29 41 8 33 8.3 3.0 14.3
30-34 16 3 13 3.2 1.1 5.6
35-39 6 2 4 1.2 0.8 1.7
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 2 1 0.6 0.8 0.4
7-9 YEARS 43 21 22 8.7 7.9 9.6
10, 11 YEARS 96 27 69 19.4 10.2 30.0
12 YEARS 171 92 79 34.5 34.6 34.3
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 114 63 51 23.0 23.7 22.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 67 60 7 13.5 22.6 3.0
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 0.8 - 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 419 240 179 84.5 90.2 77.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 60 24 36 12.1 9.0 15.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 2 9 2.2 0.8 3.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 0 2 0.4 - 0.9
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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.
