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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.