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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF TIPPAH 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 316 250 66 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 171 135 36 54.1 54.0 54.5
FEMALES 145 115 30 45.9 46.0 45.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 75 50 25 23.7 20.0 37.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 61 40 21 19.3 16.0 31.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 36 20 16 11.4 8.0 24.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 102 56 46 32.3 22.4 69.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 28 24 16.4 11.2 36.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 -
15-19 74 49 25 23.4 19.6 37.9
20-24 109 89 20 34.5 35.6 30.3
25-29 71 61 10 22.5 24.4 15.2
30-34 44 37 7 13.9 14.8 10.6
35-39 11 10 1 3.5 4.0 1.5
40-44 6 3 3 1.9 1.2 4.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 52 28 24 16.4 11.2 36.4
20-24 27 15 12 8.5 6.0 18.2
25-29 15 11 4 4.7 4.4 6.1
30-34 7 2 5 2.2 0.8 7.6
35-39 0 0 0 - - -
40-44 1 0 1 0.3 - 1.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 5 5 0 1.6 2.0 -
7-9 YEARS 33 28 5 10.4 11.2 7.6
10, 11 YEARS 53 37 16 16.8 14.8 24.2
12 YEARS 109 80 29 34.5 32.0 43.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 69 56 13 21.8 22.4 19.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 46 43 3 14.6 17.2 4.5
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 1 2 0.9 0.4 3.0
FIRST TRIMESTER 271 219 52 85.8 87.6 78.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 36 25 11 11.4 10.0 16.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 4 1 1.6 1.6 1.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 -
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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.
