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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.                                                           

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