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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TALLAHATCHIE 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 207 57 150 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 104 28 76 50.2 49.1 50.7
FEMALES 103 29 74 49.8 50.9 49.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 60 7 53 29.0 12.3 35.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 27 6 21 13.0 10.5 14.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 24 7 17 11.6 12.3 11.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 127 7 120 61.4 12.3 80.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 53 2 51 25.6 3.5 34.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 - 0.7
15-19 59 7 52 28.5 12.3 34.7
20-24 72 19 53 34.8 33.3 35.3
25-29 40 15 25 19.3 26.3 16.7
30-34 23 9 14 11.1 15.8 9.3
35-39 10 6 4 4.8 10.5 2.7
40-44 2 1 1 1.0 1.8 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.5 - 0.7
15-19 52 2 50 25.1 3.5 33.3
20-24 49 3 46 23.7 5.3 30.7
25-29 20 1 19 9.7 1.8 12.7
30-34 4 1 3 1.9 1.8 2.0
35-39 1 0 1 0.5 - 0.7
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 1 0 1 0.5 - 0.7
7-9 YEARS 25 5 20 12.1 8.8 13.3
10, 11 YEARS 45 12 33 21.7 21.0 22.0
12 YEARS 82 16 66 39.6 28.1 44.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 39 13 26 18.8 22.8 17.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 14 10 4 6.8 17.5 2.7
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.5 1.8 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 1 4 2.4 1.8 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 154 51 103 74.4 89.5 68.7
SECOND TRIMESTER 46 5 41 22.2 8.8 27.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 2 0 2 1.0 - 1.3
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 0 - - -
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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.
