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MISSISSIPPI


        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI, 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               42,678 22,652 20,026   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                      21,746 11,606 10,140    51.0   51.2   50.6
        FEMALES                    20,932 11,046  9,886    49.0   48.8   49.4
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             8,405  3,193  5,212    19.7   14.1   26.0
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*           6,619  2,690  3,929    15.5   11.9   19.6
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**           4,421  1,672  2,749    10.4    7.4   13.7
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS        19,603  4,747 14,856    45.9   21.0   74.2
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS    6,845  1,804  5,041    16.0    8.0   25.2

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                   209     36    173     0.5    0.2    0.9
           15-19                    8,196  3,157  5,039    19.2   13.9   25.2
           20-24                   14,061  6,681  7,380    32.9   29.5   36.8
           25-29                   10,914  6,765  4,149    25.6   29.9   20.7
           30-34                    6,235  4,127  2,108    14.6   18.2   10.5
           35-39                    2,599  1,626    973     6.1    7.2    4.8
           40-44                      437    242    195     1.0    1.1    1.0
           45 AND OVER                 19     14      5      #     0.1     # 
           UNKNOWN                      8      4      4      #      #      # 

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                   203     31    172     0.5    0.1    0.8
           15-19                    6,642  1,773  4,869    15.6    7.8   24.3
           20-24                    7,766  1,722  6,044    18.2    7.6   30.2
           25-29                    3,064    721  2,343     7.2    3.2   11.7
           30-34                    1,243    318    925     2.9    1.4    4.6
           35-39                      554    146    408     1.3    0.6    2.0
           40-44                      122     33     89     0.3    0.1    0.4
           45 AND OVER                  4      1      3      #      #      # 
           UNKNOWN                      5      2      3      #      #      # 

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         6      1      5      #      #      # 
           1-6 YEARS                  268    161    107     0.6    0.7    0.5
           7-9 YEARS                3,572  1,778  1,794     8.4    7.8    9.0
           10, 11 YEARS             7,065  2,670  4,395    16.6   11.8   21.9
           12 YEARS                13,995  6,613  7,382    32.8   29.2   36.9
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE       10,731  6,080  4,651    25.1   26.8   23.2
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE  6,908  5,277  1,631    16.2   23.3    8.1
           UNKNOWN                    133     72     61     0.3    0.3    0.3

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                    449     81    368     1.0    0.4    1.8
           FIRST TRIMESTER         34,571 20,090 14,481    81.0   88.7   72.3
           SECOND TRIMESTER         6,278  2,070  4,208    14.7    9.1   21.0
           THIRD TRIMESTER          1,043    289    754     2.4    1.3    3.8
           UNKNOWN MONTH              337    122    215     0.8    0.5    1.1
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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.