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COUNTY: HINDS
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF HINDS 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 4,014 1,044 2,970 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 2,076 564 1,512 51.7 54.0 50.9
FEMALES 1,938 480 1,458 48.3 46.0 49.1
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 739 88 651 18.4 8.4 21.9
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 754 140 614 18.8 13.4 20.7
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 525 72 453 13.1 6.9 15.2
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 2,304 172 2,132 57.4 16.5 71.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 689 56 633 17.2 5.4 21.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 34 0 34 0.8 - 1.1
15-19 705 88 617 17.6 8.4 20.8
20-24 1,277 217 1,060 31.8 20.8 35.7
25-29 1,006 332 674 25.1 31.8 22.7
30-34 642 265 377 16.0 25.4 12.7
35-39 273 111 162 6.8 10.6 5.4
40-44 75 31 44 1.9 3.0 1.5
45 AND OVER 2 0 2 # - 0.1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 34 0 34 0.8 - 1.1
15-19 655 56 599 16.3 5.4 20.2
20-24 948 68 880 23.6 6.5 29.6
25-29 401 19 382 10.0 1.8 12.9
30-34 168 20 148 4.2 1.9 5.0
35-39 76 9 67 1.9 0.9 2.2
40-44 22 0 22 0.5 - 0.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 23 8 15 0.6 0.8 0.5
7-9 YEARS 260 53 207 6.5 5.1 7.0
10, 11 YEARS 620 60 560 15.4 5.7 18.8
12 YEARS 1,111 196 915 27.7 18.8 30.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 1,071 233 838 26.7 22.3 28.2
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 924 493 431 23.0 47.2 14.5
UNKNOWN 5 1 4 0.1 0.1 0.1
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 76 5 71 1.9 0.5 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 3,150 955 2,195 78.5 91.5 73.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 672 69 603 16.7 6.6 20.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 82 9 73 2.0 0.9 2.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 34 6 28 0.8 0.6 0.9
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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.
