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COUNTY: JACKSON
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF JACKSON 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 1,930 1,337 593 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 966 686 280 50.0 51.3 47.2
FEMALES 964 651 313 49.9 48.7 52.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 335 194 141 17.4 14.5 23.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 251 168 83 13.0 12.6 14.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 164 103 61 8.5 7.7 10.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 755 335 420 39.1 25.0 70.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 264 125 139 13.7 9.3 23.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 335 194 141 17.4 14.5 23.8
20-24 619 401 218 32.1 30.0 36.8
25-29 510 369 141 26.4 27.6 23.8
30-34 303 243 60 15.7 18.2 10.1
35-39 138 111 27 7.2 8.3 4.6
40-44 24 19 5 1.2 1.4 0.8
45 AND OVER 1 0 1 # - 0.2
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 264 125 139 13.7 9.3 23.4
20-24 301 131 170 15.6 9.8 28.7
25-29 120 47 73 6.2 3.5 12.3
30-34 48 18 30 2.5 1.3 5.0
35-39 19 12 7 1.0 0.9 1.2
40-44 3 2 1 0.2 0.2 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 13 10 3 0.7 0.7 0.5
7-9 YEARS 129 97 32 6.7 7.2 5.4
10, 11 YEARS 308 181 127 16.0 13.5 21.4
12 YEARS 649 403 246 33.6 30.1 41.5
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 513 363 150 26.6 27.2 25.3
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 309 277 32 16.0 20.7 5.4
UNKNOWN 9 6 3 0.5 0.4 0.5
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 25 11 14 1.3 0.8 2.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,590 1,166 424 82.4 87.2 71.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 263 134 129 13.6 10.0 21.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 45 20 25 2.3 1.5 4.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 6 1 0.4 0.4 0.2
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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.
