TABLE A7. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, FERTILITY RATES, AND
MEDIAN AGE OF MOTHER, BY TOTAL-BIRTH ORDER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
MEDIAN AGE TOTAL- NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE** OF MOTHER BIRTH NON- NON- NON- NON- FIRST 14,172 7,824 6,348 33.5 34.3 32.6 22.3 21.6 23.2 21.3 23.0 20.0 SECOND 12,955 7,456 5,499 30.6 32.7 28.2 20.4 20.6 20.1 24.9 26.4 23.1 THIRD 8,186 4,279 3,907 19.4 18.8 20.0 12.9 11.8 14.3 26.4 28.2 24.7 FOURTH 3,849 1,849 2,000 9.1 8.1 10.3 6.1 5.1 7.3 27.8 29.7 26.2 FIFTH 1,712 776 936 4.0 3.4 4.8 2.7 2.1 3.4 28.6 30.4 27.4 SIXTH 735 310 425 1.7 1.4 2.2 1.2 0.8 1.6 30.3 31.8 29.2 SEVENTH 321 135 186 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.7 31.8 33.0 31.2 EIGHTH 142 72 70 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 32.9 34.1 32.4 NINTH 78 27 51 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 33.8 36.1 32.5 TENTH & OVER 76 38 38 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 35.5 36.8 33.9 * INCLUDES ALL LIVE BIRTHS PLUS ALL FETAL DEATHS REGARDLESS OF LENGTH OF GESTATION. ** LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.