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COUNTY: RANKIN
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF RANKIN 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 1,698 1,373 325 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 853 688 165 50.2 50.1 50.8
FEMALES 845 685 160 49.8 49.9 49.2
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 205 144 61 12.1 10.5 18.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 276 205 71 16.2 14.9 21.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 148 103 45 8.7 7.5 13.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 418 228 190 24.6 16.6 58.5
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 153 92 61 9.0 6.7 18.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.3
15-19 203 143 60 12.0 10.4 18.5
20-24 444 343 101 26.1 25.0 31.1
25-29 528 443 85 31.1 32.3 26.2
30-34 355 308 47 20.9 22.4 14.5
35-39 136 112 24 8.0 8.2 7.4
40-44 29 23 6 1.7 1.7 1.8
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 1 0 1 # - 0.3
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.3
15-19 151 91 60 8.9 6.6 18.5
20-24 148 77 71 8.7 5.6 21.8
25-29 68 31 37 4.0 2.2 11.4
30-34 29 17 12 1.7 1.2 3.7
35-39 16 9 7 0.9 0.6 2.2
40-44 4 2 2 0.2 0.1 0.6
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 1 1 0 # 0.1 -
1-6 YEARS 13 11 2 0.8 0.8 0.6
7-9 YEARS 76 61 15 4.5 4.4 4.6
10, 11 YEARS 166 110 56 9.8 8.0 17.2
12 YEARS 461 354 107 27.2 25.8 32.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 466 372 94 27.4 27.1 28.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 511 460 51 30.1 33.5 15.7
UNKNOWN 4 4 0 0.2 0.3 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 6 3 0.5 0.4 0.9
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,509 1,256 253 88.9 91.5 77.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 152 93 59 9.0 6.8 18.2
THIRD TRIMESTER 21 14 7 1.2 1.0 2.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 7 4 3 0.4 0.3 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.
