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COUNTY: PEARL RIVER
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PEARL RIVER 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 662 555 107 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 344 295 49 52.0 53.2 45.8
FEMALES 318 260 58 48.0 46.8 54.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 140 112 28 21.1 20.2 26.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 57 42 15 8.6 7.6 14.0
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 39 28 11 5.9 5.0 10.3
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 235 154 81 35.5 27.7 75.7
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 89 61 28 13.4 11.0 26.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.9
15-19 139 112 27 21.0 20.2 25.2
20-24 251 207 44 37.9 37.3 41.1
25-29 158 133 25 23.9 24.0 23.4
30-34 81 76 5 12.2 13.7 4.7
35-39 28 23 5 4.2 4.1 4.7
40-44 4 4 0 0.6 0.7 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.9
15-19 88 61 27 13.3 11.0 25.2
20-24 91 57 34 13.7 10.3 31.8
25-29 38 23 15 5.7 4.1 14.0
30-34 11 10 1 1.7 1.8 0.9
35-39 6 3 3 0.9 0.5 2.8
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 5 5 0 0.8 0.9 -
7-9 YEARS 81 68 13 12.2 12.2 12.2
10, 11 YEARS 85 70 15 12.8 12.6 14.0
12 YEARS 217 178 39 32.8 32.1 36.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 192 158 34 29.0 28.5 31.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 82 76 6 12.4 13.7 5.6
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 0 0 0 - - -
FIRST TRIMESTER 555 479 76 83.8 86.3 71.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 87 62 25 13.1 11.2 23.4
THIRD TRIMESTER 20 14 6 3.0 2.5 5.6
UNKNOWN MONTH 0 0 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.
