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DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI


SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI, 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               44,075 23,540 20,535   100.0  100.0  100.0

MALES                      22,574 12,172 10,402    51.2   51.7   50.6
FEMALES                    21,501 11,368 10,133    48.8   48.3   49.3
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS             8,266  3,189  5,077    18.8   13.5   24.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS*           6,961  2,991  3,970    15.8   12.7   19.3
IMMATURE BIRTHS**           4,701  1,869  2,832    10.7    7.9   13.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS        20,272  5,102 15,170    46.0   21.7   73.9
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS    6,787  1,853  4,934    15.4    7.9   24.0

AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
   UNDER 15                   236     30    206     0.5    0.1    1.0
   15-19                    8,030  3,159  4,871    18.2   13.4   23.7
   20-24                   14,900  7,131  7,769    33.8   30.3   37.8
   25-29                   11,229  6,914  4,315    25.5   29.4   21.0
   30-34                    6,400  4,236  2,164    14.5   18.0   10.5
   35-39                    2,711  1,746    965     6.2    7.4    4.7
   40-44                      551    312    239     1.2    1.3    1.2
   45 AND OVER                 16     12      4       #      #      #
   UNKNOWN                      2      0      2       #      -      #

AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
   UNDER 15                   233     30    203     0.5    0.1    1.0
   15-19                    6,554  1,823  4,731    14.9    7.7   23.0
   20-24                    8,295  1,969  6,326    18.8    8.4   30.8
   25-29                    3,197    743  2,454     7.2    3.2   12.0
   30-34                    1,272    336    936     2.9    1.4    4.6
   35-39                      590    170    420     1.3    0.7    2.0
   40-44                      129     30     99     0.3    0.1    0.5
   45 AND OVER                  1      1      0       #      #      -
   UNKNOWN                      1      0      1       #      -      #

EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
   NONE                        16     12      4       #      #      #
   1-6 YEARS                  289    193     96     0.6    0.8    0.5
   7-9 YEARS                3,672  1,855  1,817     8.3    7.9    8.8
   10, 11 YEARS             7,348  2,871  4,477    16.7   12.2   21.8
   12 YEARS                14,190  6,614  7,576    32.2   28.1   36.9
   1-3 YEARS COLLEGE       11,078  6,249  4,829    25.1   26.5   23.5
   4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE  7,360  5,654  1,706    16.7   24.0    8.3
   UNKNOWN                    122     92     30     0.3    0.4    0.1

PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
   NO CARE                    500    111    389     1.1    0.5    1.9
   FIRST TRIMESTER         35,634 20,809 14,825    80.8   88.4   72.2
   SECOND TRIMESTER         6,441  2,125  4,316    14.6    9.0   21.0
   THIRD TRIMESTER          1,160    374    786     2.6    1.6    3.8
   UNKNOWN MONTH              340    121    219     0.8    0.5    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.