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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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 437 148 289 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 233 82 151 53.3 55.4 52.2
FEMALES 204 66 138 46.7 44.6 47.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 115 23 92 26.3 15.5 31.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 84 17 67 19.2 11.5 23.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 66 17 49 15.1 11.5 17.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 273 35 238 62.5 23.6 82.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 101 13 88 23.1 8.8 30.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.0
15-19 112 23 89 25.6 15.5 30.8
20-24 156 58 98 35.7 39.2 33.9
25-29 90 38 52 20.6 25.7 18.0
30-34 51 22 29 11.7 14.9 10.0
35-39 16 4 12 3.7 2.7 4.2
40-44 9 3 6 2.0 2.0 2.1
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 3 0 3 0.7 - 1.0
15-19 98 13 85 22.4 8.8 29.4
20-24 105 16 89 24.0 10.8 30.8
25-29 40 6 34 9.2 4.0 11.8
30-34 17 0 17 3.9 - 5.9
35-39 6 0 6 1.4 - 2.1
40-44 4 0 4 0.9 - 1.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 0 2 0.4 - 0.7
7-9 YEARS 48 14 34 11.0 9.4 11.8
10, 11 YEARS 108 21 87 24.7 14.2 30.1
12 YEARS 154 45 109 35.2 30.4 37.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 80 39 41 18.3 26.4 14.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 42 27 15 9.6 18.2 5.2
UNKNOWN 3 2 1 0.7 1.4 0.3
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 6 1 5 1.4 0.7 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 356 124 232 81.5 83.8 80.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 59 20 39 13.5 13.5 13.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 11 0 11 2.5 - 3.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 3 2 1.1 2.0 0.7
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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.
