TABLE 6B
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 1,500 GRAMS AT BIRTH
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 882 300 582 2.1 1.3 3.0
ADAMS 13 1 12 2.9 0.6 4.0
ALCORN 7 3 4 1.4 0.7 4.9
AMITE 3 3 0 1.7 3.3 -
ATTALA 7 1 6 2.5 0.7 4.1
BENTON 0 0 0 - - -
BOLIVAR 16 1 15 2.5 0.6 3.1
CALHOUN 7 4 3 3.2 2.8 4.0
CARROLL 1 0 1 0.9 - 2.1
CHICKASAW 7 2 5 2.2 1.4 3.0
CHOCTAW 3 2 1 3.2 3.4 2.8
CLAIBORNE 5 1 4 2.9 5.3 2.6
CLARKE 7 3 4 2.8 2.2 3.7
CLAY 10 2 8 3.0 2.0 3.5
COAHOMA 8 0 8 1.4 - 1.7
COPIAH 11 4 7 2.6 2.4 2.7
COVINGTON 7 2 5 2.2 1.1 3.8
DESOTO 24 17 7 1.4 1.1 2.6
FORREST 21 5 16 2.0 0.9 3.4
FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0.8 1.5 -
GEORGE 7 6 1 2.1 2.0 2.8
GREENE 0 0 0 - - -
GRENADA 3 1 2 1.0 0.7 1.5
HANCOCK 6 3 3 1.1 0.6 6.8
HARRISON 45 20 25 1.6 1.0 2.7
HINDS 105 16 89 2.7 1.6 3.1
HOLMES 6 0 6 1.6 - 1.8
HUMPHREYS 9 1 8 4.0 2.8 4.2
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 - - -
ITAWAMBA 4 4 0 1.5 1.6 -
JACKSON 40 24 16 2.1 1.8 2.9
JASPER 5 0 5 1.8 - 3.0
JEFFERSON 2 0 2 1.5 - 1.6
JEFF DAVIS 9 4 5 5.3 5.6 5.0
JONES 23 13 10 2.3 2.0 2.8
KEMPER 2 0 2 1.5 - 2.2
LAFAYETTE 10 4 6 2.2 1.5 3.2
LAMAR 7 3 4 1.1 0.6 3.7
LAUDERDALE 32 9 23 2.6 1.5 3.7
LAWRENCE 4 0 4 2.0 - 4.7
LEAKE 12 3 9 3.4 1.6 5.4
LEE 23 14 9 1.9 1.7 2.3
LEFLORE 20 2 18 3.4 1.5 4.0
TABLE 6B - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 1,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 9 5 4 2.0 1.7 2.5
LOWNDES 21 6 15 2.3 1.3 3.3
MADISON 24 6 18 1.9 0.9 3.0
MARION 9 5 4 2.7 2.4 3.0
MARSHALL 16 7 9 3.1 3.0 3.2
MONROE 5 3 2 1.0 0.9 1.1
MONTGOMERY 5 1 4 3.3 1.5 4.6
NESHOBA 9 4 5 1.9 1.6 2.1
NEWTON 8 4 4 2.5 2.2 3.0
NOXUBEE 9 1 8 4.1 2.1 4.6
OKTIBBEHA 13 3 10 2.4 1.2 3.2
PANOLA 6 0 6 1.0 - 1.6
PEARL RIVER 7 4 3 1.1 0.8 2.6
PERRY 8 6 2 4.8 4.7 5.0
PIKE 17 6 11 2.7 2.3 2.9
PONTOTOC 6 2 4 1.7 0.7 6.8
PRENTISS 8 7 1 2.6 2.9 1.6
QUITMAN 4 1 3 2.3 4.2 2.0
RANKIN 27 15 12 1.6 1.1 3.5
SCOTT 13 5 8 3.0 2.0 4.4
SHARKEY 1 1 0 0.9 3.0 -
SIMPSON 10 1 9 2.6 0.4 5.6
SMITH 6 1 5 2.8 0.6 8.3
STONE 3 1 2 1.6 0.7 4.4
SUNFLOWER 5 0 5 1.0 - 1.2
TALLAHATCHIE 4 1 3 1.9 1.8 2.0
TATE 0 0 0 - - -
TIPPAH 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 -
TISHOMINGO 2 2 0 0.9 1.0 -
TUNICA 7 0 7 3.8 - 4.3
UNION 6 4 2 1.6 1.4 2.6
WALTHALL 4 2 2 1.9 2.0 1.8
WARREN 16 3 13 2.2 0.9 3.1
WASHINGTON 21 2 19 2.0 0.8 2.3
WAYNE 12 5 7 3.8 2.9 4.9
WEBSTER 1 0 1 0.7 - 2.8
WILKINSON 3 0 3 2.2 - 2.9
WINSTON 9 3 6 3.3 2.4 4.1
YALOBUSHA 7 1 6 4.0 1.1 7.0
YAZOO 8 2 6 1.9 1.4 2.2
