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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.