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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF DESOTO 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 1,759 1,491 268 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 899 778 121 51.1 52.2 45.1
FEMALES 860 713 147 48.9 47.8 54.8
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 202 164 38 11.5 11.0 14.2
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 191 154 37 10.8 10.3 13.8
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 136 112 24 7.7 7.5 9.0
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 453 304 149 25.8 20.4 55.6
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 152 115 37 8.6 7.7 13.8
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 202 164 38 11.5 11.0 14.2
20-24 462 376 86 26.3 25.2 32.1
25-29 541 478 63 30.8 32.0 23.5
30-34 404 345 59 23.0 23.1 22.0
35-39 134 113 21 7.6 7.6 7.8
40-44 14 14 0 0.8 0.9 -
45 AND OVER 2 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 0 0 0 - - -
15-19 152 115 37 8.6 7.7 13.8
20-24 176 113 63 10.0 7.6 23.5
25-29 62 38 24 3.5 2.5 9.0
30-34 38 21 17 2.2 1.4 6.3
35-39 22 14 8 1.2 0.9 3.0
40-44 3 3 0 0.2 0.2 -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 8 6 2 0.4 0.4 0.7
7-9 YEARS 82 70 12 4.7 4.7 4.5
10, 11 YEARS 180 133 47 10.2 8.9 17.5
12 YEARS 574 471 103 32.6 31.6 38.4
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 456 400 56 25.9 26.8 20.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 422 375 47 24.0 25.2 17.5
UNKNOWN 37 36 1 2.1 2.4 0.4
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 9 7 2 0.5 0.5 0.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 1,520 1,306 214 86.4 87.6 79.8
SECOND TRIMESTER 184 143 41 10.5 9.6 15.3
THIRD TRIMESTER 34 24 10 1.9 1.6 3.7
UNKNOWN MONTH 12 11 1 0.7 0.7 0.4
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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.
