
TABLE A9. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MATURITY AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
MATURITY* TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 42,277 22,798 19,479 100.0 100.0 100.0
IMMATURE ONLY** 1,845 730 1,115 4.4 3.2 5.7
PREMATURE ONLY** 4,483 2,189 2,294 10.6 9.6 11.8
BOTH IMMATURE AND
PREMATURE 2,668 1,040 1,628 6.3 4.6 8.4
TOTAL IMMATURE 4,513 1,770 2,743 10.7 7.8 14.1
TOTAL PREMATURE 7,151 3,229 3,922 16.9 14.2 20.1
TOTAL IMMATURE AND/OR
PREMATURE 8,996 3,959 5,037 21.3 17.4 25.8
NEITHER IMMATURE NOR
PREMATURE** 33,281 18,839 14,442 78.7 82.6 74.1
* IMMATURE - BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 5 1/2 POUNDS (2,500 GRAMS); PREMATURE -
GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS (CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE DATE OF THE
LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD PRIOR TO DELIVERY FROM THE DATE OF BIRTH).
** BIRTHS CLASSIFIED AS IMMATURE ONLY OR AS PREMATURE ONLY INCLUDE SOME FOR
WHICH THE OTHER MEASUREMENT WAS UNKNOWN. THOSE CLASSIFIED AS NEITHER
IMMATURE NOR PREMATURE INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH ONE OR BOTH MEASUREMENTS
WERE UNKNOWN.
