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COUNTY: DESOTO
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 1,815 1,581 234 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 943 829 114 52.0 52.4 48.7
FEMALES 872 752 120 48.0 47.6 51.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 207 160 47 11.4 10.1 20.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 193 155 38 10.6 9.8 16.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 125 94 31 6.9 5.9 13.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 498 352 146 27.4 22.3 62.4
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 157 113 44 8.6 7.1 18.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 5 3 2 0.3 0.2 0.8
15-19 202 157 45 11.1 9.9 19.2
20-24 536 447 89 29.5 28.3 38.0
25-29 576 523 53 31.7 33.1 22.6
30-34 331 303 28 18.2 19.2 12.0
35-39 137 124 13 7.5 7.8 5.6
40-44 27 23 4 1.5 1.4 1.7
45 AND OVER 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 5 3 2 0.3 0.2 0.8
15-19 152 110 42 8.4 7.0 17.9
20-24 189 127 62 10.4 8.0 26.5
25-29 85 57 28 4.7 3.6 12.0
30-34 39 33 6 2.1 2.1 2.6
35-39 22 18 4 1.2 1.1 1.7
40-44 6 4 2 0.3 0.2 0.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 8 5 3 0.4 0.3 1.3
7-9 YEARS 94 79 15 5.2 5.0 6.4
10, 11 YEARS 179 140 39 9.9 8.8 16.7
12 YEARS 570 468 102 31.4 29.6 43.6
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 546 493 53 30.1 31.2 22.6
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 376 354 22 20.7 22.4 9.4
UNKNOWN 42 42 0 2.3 2.6 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 14 9 5 0.8 0.6 2.1
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,548 1,377 171 85.3 87.1 73.1
SECOND TRIMESTER 212 163 49 11.7 10.3 20.9
THIRD TRIMESTER 30 23 7 1.6 1.4 3.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 11 9 2 0.6 0.6 0.8
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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.
