(HSWWBRCO)
COUNTY: ALCORN
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 2000
*** 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 454 379 75 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 244 203 41 53.7 53.6 54.7
FEMALES 210 176 34 46.2 46.4 45.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 76 60 16 16.7 15.8 21.3
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 75 56 19 16.5 14.8 25.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 58 43 15 12.8 11.3 20.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 135 85 50 29.7 22.4 66.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 36 13 10.8 9.5 17.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 1.3
15-19 74 59 15 16.3 15.6 20.0
20-24 175 141 34 38.5 37.2 45.3
25-29 113 98 15 24.9 25.8 20.0
30-34 65 57 8 14.3 15.0 10.7
35-39 25 23 2 5.5 6.1 2.7
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 -
15-19 48 35 13 10.6 9.2 17.3
20-24 54 27 27 11.9 7.1 36.0
25-29 16 10 6 3.5 2.6 8.0
30-34 10 7 3 2.2 1.8 4.0
35-39 6 5 1 1.3 1.3 1.3
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 2 1 1 0.4 0.3 1.3
7-9 YEARS 41 34 7 9.0 9.0 9.3
10, 11 YEARS 79 63 16 17.4 16.6 21.3
12 YEARS 156 124 32 34.4 32.7 42.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 112 95 17 24.7 25.1 22.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 63 61 2 13.9 16.1 2.7
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 3 1 2 0.7 0.3 2.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 395 332 63 87.0 87.6 84.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 45 37 8 9.9 9.8 10.7
THIRD TRIMESTER 7 5 2 1.5 1.3 2.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 4 0 0.9 1.0 -
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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.
