TABLE 7
PREMATURE* LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 6,961 2,991 3,970 15.8 12.7 19.3
ADAMS 102 27 75 20.8 16.2 23.3
ALCORN 75 56 19 16.5 14.8 25.3
AMITE 24 7 17 13.9 7.7 20.7
ATTALA 39 14 25 13.5 10.2 16.6
BENTON 25 9 16 18.8 11.8 28.1
BOLIVAR 115 18 97 17.2 11.5 18.9
CALHOUN 31 19 12 14.1 13.9 14.4
CARROLL 8 6 2 6.8 7.7 5.0
CHICKASAW 60 21 39 19.1 13.2 25.2
CHOCTAW 12 6 6 9.9 8.8 11.3
CLAIBORNE 28 2 26 14.4 14.3 14.4
CLARKE 55 24 31 21.2 16.4 27.4
CLAY 67 15 52 20.6 16.5 22.2
COAHOMA 123 13 110 18.8 12.2 20.1
COPIAH 84 27 57 18.2 13.9 21.3
COVINGTON 54 28 26 17.7 16.7 19.0
DESOTO 193 155 38 10.6 9.8 16.2
FORREST 172 74 98 15.8 12.0 20.5
FRANKLIN 16 4 12 14.5 6.4 25.0
GEORGE 59 48 11 17.5 15.9 30.6
GREENE 22 20 2 14.4 16.1 6.9
GRENADA 45 16 29 13.6 9.6 17.6
HANCOCK 91 80 11 15.7 15.4 18.6
HARRISON 397 255 142 13.3 12.2 15.9
HINDS 754 140 614 18.8 13.4 20.7
HOLMES 87 6 81 20.8 12.2 21.9
HUMPHREYS 42 7 35 20.9 20.0 21.1
ISSAQUENA 4 0 4 13.3 - 18.2
ITAWAMBA 38 33 5 13.5 12.6 25.0
JACKSON 251 168 83 13.0 12.6 14.0
JASPER 29 8 21 10.1 7.9 11.2
JEFFERSON 26 0 26 17.6 - 18.7
JEFF DAVIS 33 8 25 16.2 10.5 19.7
JONES 141 65 76 13.5 10.1 18.8
KEMPER 27 3 24 20.3 8.3 24.7
LAFAYETTE 48 27 21 11.3 11.1 11.6
LAMAR 104 76 28 17.3 15.5 25.2
LAUDERDALE 181 75 106 15.8 12.2 19.8
LAWRENCE 28 14 14 14.8 12.3 18.7
LEAKE 62 26 36 16.5 13.7 19.4
LEE 183 100 83 14.2 11.6 19.6
LEFLORE 103 14 89 16.2 11.1 17.5
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PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 66 34 32 14.3 12.0 17.9
LOWNDES 170 58 112 18.0 13.1 22.3
MADISON 272 108 164 21.1 16.2 26.4
MARION 47 24 23 12.1 10.7 14.1
MARSHALL 87 34 53 15.6 14.3 16.5
MONROE 89 45 44 17.5 14.2 23.0
MONTGOMERY 30 10 20 18.3 14.3 21.3
NESHOBA 77 33 44 16.1 13.0 19.5
NEWTON 56 22 34 15.3 11.0 20.5
NOXUBEE 39 1 38 17.9 2.0 22.5
OKTIBBEHA 87 27 60 15.3 10.2 19.7
PANOLA 90 29 61 15.4 13.3 16.7
PEARL RIVER 57 42 15 8.6 7.6 14.0
PERRY 30 19 11 16.8 14.1 25.6
PIKE 103 30 73 16.2 11.8 19.3
PONTOTOC 55 44 11 13.7 12.6 20.4
PRENTISS 53 40 13 15.3 13.9 22.4
QUITMAN 32 7 25 19.3 25.9 18.0
RANKIN 276 205 71 16.2 14.9 21.8
SCOTT 78 36 42 17.0 15.0 19.1
SHARKEY 19 1 18 17.8 7.7 19.1
SIMPSON 60 29 31 15.5 13.3 18.2
SMITH 30 23 7 16.8 18.2 13.2
STONE 26 17 9 12.0 10.6 16.4
SUNFLOWER 131 24 107 23.5 22.6 23.7
TALLAHATCHIE 33 4 29 15.5 6.6 19.1
TATE 63 38 25 15.2 14.8 15.7
TIPPAH 60 43 17 17.2 15.4 24.6
TISHOMINGO 46 44 2 19.2 18.8 33.3
TUNICA 23 2 21 12.7 7.7 13.5
UNION 48 38 10 11.3 10.9 13.0
WALTHALL 39 16 23 17.6 16.8 18.1
WARREN 110 33 77 13.5 10.0 15.8
WASHINGTON 194 37 157 17.1 13.4 18.2
WAYNE 41 12 29 12.9 7.8 17.7
WEBSTER 25 15 10 15.4 13.2 20.8
WILKINSON 22 4 18 16.0 17.4 15.8
WINSTON 43 17 26 13.8 12.9 14.4
YALOBUSHA 22 11 11 11.2 10.4 12.1
YAZOO 94 21 73 19.2 12.8 22.5
* GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
