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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF ALCORN COUNTY, 2001
*** 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 488 407 81 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 230 194 36 47.1 47.7 44.4
FEMALES 258 213 45 52.9 52.3 55.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 67 48 19 13.7 11.8 23.4
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 102 87 15 20.9 21.4 18.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 49 33 16 10.0 8.1 19.8
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 142 83 59 29.1 20.4 72.8
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 20 16 7.4 4.9 19.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 2.5
15-19 65 48 17 13.3 11.8 21.0
20-24 174 137 37 35.6 33.7 45.7
25-29 139 125 14 28.5 30.7 17.3
30-34 77 70 7 15.8 17.2 8.6
35-39 26 24 2 5.3 5.9 2.5
40-44 5 3 2 1.0 0.7 2.5
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 0 2 0.4 - 2.5
15-19 34 20 14 7.0 4.9 17.3
20-24 68 38 30 13.9 9.3 37.0
25-29 22 15 7 4.5 3.7 8.6
30-34 12 7 5 2.4 1.7 6.2
35-39 3 3 0 0.6 0.7 -
40-44 1 0 1 0.2 - 1.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 2 1 0.6 0.5 1.2
7-9 YEARS 34 28 6 7.0 6.9 7.4
10, 11 YEARS 75 51 24 15.4 12.5 29.6
12 YEARS 189 154 35 38.7 37.8 43.2
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 109 97 12 22.3 23.8 14.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 78 75 3 16.0 18.4 3.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.4 - 2.5
FIRST TRIMESTER 433 368 65 88.7 90.4 80.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 45 33 12 9.2 8.1 14.8
THIRD TRIMESTER 6 4 2 1.2 1.0 2.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 -
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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.
