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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 365 304 61 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 185 151 34 50.7 49.7 55.7
FEMALES 180 153 27 49.3 50.3 44.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 61 49 12 16.7 16.1 19.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 52 44 8 14.2 14.5 13.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 32 25 7 8.8 8.2 11.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 100 60 40 27.4 19.7 65.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 37 26 11 10.1 8.6 18.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
15-19 59 47 12 16.2 15.5 19.7
20-24 115 89 26 31.5 29.3 42.6
25-29 104 92 12 28.5 30.3 19.7
30-34 62 56 6 17.0 18.4 9.8
35-39 22 17 5 6.0 5.6 8.2
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 0.3 0.3 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
15-19 35 24 11 9.6 7.9 18.0
20-24 40 21 19 11.0 6.9 31.1
25-29 17 10 7 4.6 3.3 11.5
30-34 5 3 2 1.4 1.0 3.3
35-39 1 0 1 0.3 - 1.6
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 6 5 1 1.6 1.6 1.6
7-9 YEARS 43 40 3 11.8 13.2 4.9
10, 11 YEARS 52 39 13 14.2 12.8 21.3
12 YEARS 142 110 32 38.9 36.2 52.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 80 69 11 21.9 22.7 18.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 42 41 1 11.5 13.5 1.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 1 3 1.1 0.3 4.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 284 245 39 77.8 80.6 63.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 63 47 16 17.3 15.5 26.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 7 3 2.7 2.3 4.9
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 4 0 1.1 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.
