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DISTRICT: MISSISSIPPI
SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF MISSISSIPPI, 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 42,277 22,798 19,479 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 21,516 11,725 9,791 50.9 51.4 50.3
FEMALES 20,761 11,073 9,688 49.1 48.6 49.7
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 7,536 2,926 4,610 17.8 12.8 23.7
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 7,151 3,229 3,922 16.9 14.2 20.1
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 4,513 1,770 2,743 10.7 7.8 14.1
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 19,590 5,115 14,475 46.3 22.4 74.3
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 6,231 1,759 4,472 14.7 7.7 23.0
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 196 26 170 0.5 0.1 0.9
15-19 7,340 2,900 4,440 17.4 12.7 22.8
20-24 14,399 6,844 7,555 34.0 30.0 38.8
25-29 10,607 6,556 4,051 25.1 28.8 20.8
30-34 6,545 4,448 2,097 15.5 19.5 10.8
35-39 2,678 1,709 969 6.3 7.5 5.0
40-44 486 297 189 1.2 1.3 1.0
45 AND OVER 22 15 7 # 0.1 #
UNKNOWN 4 3 1 # # #
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 193 23 170 0.4 0.1 0.9
15-19 6,038 1,736 4,302 14.3 7.6 22.1
20-24 8,237 1,997 6,240 19.5 8.8 32.0
25-29 3,089 770 2,319 7.3 3.4 11.9
30-34 1,317 362 955 3.1 1.6 4.9
35-39 578 182 396 1.4 0.8 2.0
40-44 133 43 90 0.3 0.2 0.5
45 AND OVER 3 1 2 # # #
UNKNOWN 2 1 1 # # #
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 37 15 22 0.1 0.1 0.1
1-6 YEARS 338 236 102 0.8 1.0 0.5
7-9 YEARS 3,264 1,681 1,583 7.7 7.4 8.1
10, 11 YEARS 6,870 2,685 4,185 16.2 11.8 21.5
12 YEARS 13,780 6,569 7,211 32.6 28.8 37.0
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 10,545 5,933 4,612 24.9 26.0 23.7
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 7,301 5,569 1,732 17.3 24.4 8.9
UNKNOWN 142 110 32 0.3 0.5 0.2
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 435 104 331 1.0 0.4 1.7
FIRST TRIMESTER 34,760 20,255 14,505 82.2 88.8 74.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 5,834 2,019 3,815 13.8 8.8 19.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 917 294 623 2.2 1.3 3.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 331 126 205 0.8 0.6 1.0
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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.