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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF PONTOTOC 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 353 294 59 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 174 140 34 49.3 47.6 57.6
FEMALES 179 154 25 50.7 52.4 42.4
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 59 42 17 16.7 14.3 28.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 84 65 19 23.8 22.1 32.2
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 24 16 8 6.8 5.4 13.6
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 112 76 36 31.7 25.8 61.0
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 45 30 15 12.7 10.2 25.4
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.6 0.7 -
15-19 57 40 17 16.1 13.6 28.8
20-24 126 103 23 35.7 35.0 39.0
25-29 85 72 13 24.1 24.5 22.0
30-34 52 50 2 14.7 17.0 3.4
35-39 26 23 3 7.4 7.8 5.1
40-44 5 4 1 1.4 1.4 1.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 2 2 0 0.6 0.7 -
15-19 43 28 15 12.2 9.5 25.4
20-24 45 29 16 12.7 9.9 27.1
25-29 13 10 3 3.7 3.4 5.1
30-34 3 2 1 0.8 0.7 1.7
35-39 4 4 0 1.1 1.4 -
40-44 2 1 1 0.6 0.3 1.7
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 5 5 0 1.4 1.7 -
7-9 YEARS 40 37 3 11.3 12.6 5.1
10, 11 YEARS 60 46 14 17.0 15.6 23.7
12 YEARS 124 94 30 35.1 32.0 50.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 88 78 10 24.9 26.5 16.9
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 33 31 2 9.3 10.5 3.4
UNKNOWN 3 3 0 0.8 1.0 -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 2 0 2 0.6 - 3.4
FIRST TRIMESTER 317 268 49 89.8 91.2 83.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 20 15 5 5.7 5.1 8.5
THIRD TRIMESTER 5 3 2 1.4 1.0 3.4
UNKNOWN MONTH 9 8 1 2.6 2.7 1.7
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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.
