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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF COPIAH 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 424 169 255 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 206 82 124 48.6 48.5 48.6
FEMALES 218 87 131 51.4 51.5 51.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 77 23 54 18.2 13.6 21.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 89 29 60 21.0 17.2 23.5
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 52 14 38 12.3 8.3 14.9
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 210 31 179 49.5 18.3 70.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 13 54 15.8 7.7 21.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
15-19 76 23 53 17.9 13.6 20.8
20-24 156 55 101 36.8 32.5 39.6
25-29 107 49 58 25.2 29.0 22.7
30-34 57 30 27 13.4 17.8 10.6
35-39 21 11 10 5.0 6.5 3.9
40-44 6 1 5 1.4 0.6 2.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 1 0 1 0.2 - 0.4
15-19 66 13 53 15.6 7.7 20.8
20-24 89 11 78 21.0 6.5 30.6
25-29 30 5 25 7.1 3.0 9.8
30-34 14 1 13 3.3 0.6 5.1
35-39 5 1 4 1.2 0.6 1.6
40-44 5 0 5 1.2 - 2.0
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 5 5 0 1.2 3.0 -
7-9 YEARS 38 20 18 9.0 11.8 7.0
10, 11 YEARS 65 18 47 15.3 10.6 18.4
12 YEARS 158 46 112 37.3 27.2 43.9
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 98 42 56 23.1 24.8 22.0
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 59 37 22 13.9 21.9 8.6
UNKNOWN 1 1 0 0.2 0.6 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 4 0 4 0.9 - 1.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 345 143 202 81.4 84.6 79.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 61 22 39 14.4 13.0 15.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 9 3 6 2.1 1.8 2.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 5 1 4 1.2 0.6 1.6
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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.
