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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 1,579 1,286 293 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 793 638 155 50.2 49.6 52.9
FEMALES 786 648 138 49.8 50.4 47.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 208 141 67 13.2 11.0 22.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 253 184 69 16.0 14.3 23.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 135 93 42 8.6 7.2 14.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 412 234 178 26.1 18.2 60.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 145 83 62 9.2 6.4 21.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 2 3 0.3 0.2 1.0
15-19 203 139 64 12.8 10.8 21.8
20-24 362 271 91 22.9 21.1 31.0
25-29 556 485 71 35.2 37.7 24.2
30-34 316 272 44 20.0 21.2 15.0
35-39 121 103 18 7.7 8.0 6.1
40-44 16 14 2 1.0 1.1 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 5 2 3 0.3 0.2 1.0
15-19 140 81 59 8.9 6.3 20.1
20-24 146 80 66 9.2 6.2 22.5
25-29 76 43 33 4.8 3.3 11.3
30-34 34 22 12 2.2 1.7 4.1
35-39 10 5 5 0.6 0.4 1.7
40-44 1 1 0 0.1 0.1 -
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 0.3
7-9 YEARS 98 78 20 6.2 6.1 6.8
10, 11 YEARS 142 100 42 9.0 7.8 14.3
12 YEARS 412 318 94 26.1 24.7 32.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 454 372 82 28.8 28.9 28.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 460 407 53 29.1 31.6 18.1
UNKNOWN 5 4 1 0.3 0.3 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 5 4 0.6 0.4 1.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,403 1,168 235 88.8 90.8 80.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 141 100 41 8.9 7.8 14.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 15 7 8 1.0 0.5 2.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 11 6 5 0.7 0.5 1.7
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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.
