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COUNTY: PONTOTOC
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 402 348 54 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 198 174 24 49.2 50.0 44.4
FEMALES 204 174 30 50.7 50.0 55.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 80 67 13 19.9 19.2 24.1
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 55 44 11 13.7 12.6 20.4
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 35 27 8 8.7 7.8 14.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 79 37 28.8 22.7 68.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 35 13 11.9 10.0 24.1
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 1.8
15-19 79 67 12 19.6 19.2 22.2
20-24 142 120 22 35.3 34.5 40.7
25-29 103 92 11 25.6 26.4 20.4
30-34 57 52 5 14.2 14.9 9.2
35-39 15 13 2 3.7 3.7 3.7
40-44 5 4 1 1.2 1.1 1.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 1.8
15-19 47 35 12 11.7 10.0 22.2
20-24 48 30 18 11.9 8.6 33.3
25-29 11 7 4 2.7 2.0 7.4
30-34 7 6 1 1.7 1.7 1.8
35-39 0 0 0 - - -
40-44 2 1 1 0.5 0.3 1.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 2 2 0 0.5 0.6 -
1-6 YEARS 12 10 2 3.0 2.9 3.7
7-9 YEARS 49 47 2 12.2 13.5 3.7
10, 11 YEARS 66 55 11 16.4 15.8 20.4
12 YEARS 142 113 29 35.3 32.5 53.7
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 85 75 10 21.1 21.6 18.5
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 45 45 0 11.2 12.9 -
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.3 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 5 5 0 1.2 1.4 -
FIRST TRIMESTER 325 284 41 80.8 81.6 75.9
SECOND TRIMESTER 49 43 6 12.2 12.4 11.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 19 12 7 4.7 3.4 13.0
UNKNOWN MONTH 4 4 0 1.0 1.1 -
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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.
