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COUNTY: COPIAH
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 461 194 267 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 241 105 136 52.3 54.1 50.9
FEMALES 220 89 131 47.7 45.9 49.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 94 26 68 20.4 13.4 25.5
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 84 27 57 18.2 13.9 21.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 62 20 42 13.4 10.3 15.7
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 221 31 190 47.9 16.0 71.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 73 8 65 15.8 4.1 24.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.9 - 1.5
15-19 90 26 64 19.5 13.4 24.0
20-24 165 60 105 35.8 30.9 39.3
25-29 114 63 51 24.7 32.5 19.1
30-34 61 34 27 13.2 17.5 10.1
35-39 25 11 14 5.4 5.7 5.2
40-44 2 0 2 0.4 - 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 4 0 4 0.9 - 1.5
15-19 69 8 61 15.0 4.1 22.8
20-24 98 15 83 21.2 7.7 31.1
25-29 31 5 26 6.7 2.6 9.7
30-34 10 1 9 2.2 0.5 3.4
35-39 8 2 6 1.7 1.0 2.2
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 6 5 1 1.3 2.6 0.4
7-9 YEARS 34 14 20 7.4 7.2 7.5
10, 11 YEARS 80 18 62 17.4 9.3 23.2
12 YEARS 149 49 100 32.3 25.2 37.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 139 67 72 30.2 34.5 27.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 52 40 12 11.3 20.6 4.5
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.5 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 0.9 - 1.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 396 171 225 85.9 88.1 84.3
SECOND TRIMESTER 47 17 30 10.2 8.8 11.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 10 4 6 2.2 2.1 2.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 2 2 0.9 1.0 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.
