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COUNTY: YAZOO

        SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF YAZOO 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                  414    142    272   100.0  100.0  100.0

        MALES                         214     70    144    51.7   49.3   52.9
        FEMALES                       200     72    128    48.3   50.7   47.0
        TEEN-AGE BIRTHS               101     20     81    24.4   14.1   29.8
        PREMATURE BIRTHS*              90     24     66    21.7   16.9   24.3
        IMMATURE BIRTHS**              53     12     41    12.8    8.4   15.1
        ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS           272     40    232    65.7   28.2   85.3
        TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS       90     10     80    21.7    7.0   29.4

        AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
           UNDER 15                     8      0      8     1.9      -    2.9
           15-19                       93     20     73    22.5   14.1   26.8
           20-24                      156     48    108    37.7   33.8   39.7
           25-29                       90     43     47    21.7   30.3   17.3
           30-34                       43     19     24    10.4   13.4    8.8
           35-39                       18      9      9     4.3    6.3    3.3
           40-44                        6      3      3     1.4    2.1    1.1
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
           UNDER 15                     8      0      8     1.9      -    2.9
           15-19                       82     10     72    19.8    7.0   26.5
           20-24                      115     17     98    27.8   12.0   36.0
           25-29                       39      7     32     9.4    4.9   11.8
           30-34                       20      5     15     4.8    3.5    5.5
           35-39                        6      1      5     1.4    0.7    1.8
           40-44                        2      0      2     0.5      -    0.7
           45 AND OVER                  0      0      0       -      -      -
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        EDUCATION OF MOTHER       
           NONE                         0      0      0       -      -      -
           1-6 YEARS                    4      2      2     1.0    1.4    0.7
           7-9 YEARS                   44     10     34    10.6    7.0   12.5
           10, 11 YEARS                89     19     70    21.5   13.4   25.7
           12 YEARS                   152     45    107    36.7   31.7   39.3
           1-3 YEARS COLLEGE           80     40     40    19.3   28.2   14.7
           4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE     45     26     19    10.9   18.3    7.0
           UNKNOWN                      0      0      0       -      -      -

        PRENATAL CARE BEGAN       
           NO CARE                      7      3      4     1.7    2.1    1.5
           FIRST TRIMESTER            340    122    218    82.1   85.9   80.1
           SECOND TRIMESTER            55     16     39    13.3   11.3   14.3
           THIRD TRIMESTER              9      1      8     2.2    0.7    2.9
           UNKNOWN MONTH                3      0      3     0.7      -    1.1
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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.

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