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TABLE 6B LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 1,500 GRAMS AT BIRTH AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER, MISSISSIPPI, 1995 NUMBER PERCENT NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE STATE 705 201 504 1.7 0.9 2.6 ADAMS 14 3 11 2.7 1.6 3.4 ALCORN 2 2 0 0.5 0.7 - AMITE 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.2 ATTALA 5 1 4 1.9 0.8 3.0 BENTON 2 1 1 1.7 1.9 1.5 BOLIVAR 8 1 7 1.2 0.7 1.3 CALHOUN 6 4 2 3.1 3.4 2.6 CARROLL 3 1 2 3.0 2.2 3.7 CHICKASAW 2 1 1 0.6 0.7 0.6 CHOCTAW 2 0 2 1.6 - 3.9 CLAIBORNE 2 0 2 1.2 - 1.3 CLARKE 5 1 4 2.2 0.8 3.6 CLAY 5 0 5 1.5 - 2.3 COAHOMA 15 0 15 2.5 - 3.1 COPIAH 12 4 8 2.8 2.2 3.3 COVINGTON 3 0 3 1.0 - 2.1 DESOTO 15 8 7 1.2 0.8 3.7 FORREST 15 5 10 1.4 0.9 2.1 FRANKLIN 2 0 2 2.1 - 4.3 GEORGE 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 - GREENE 3 2 1 1.8 1.6 2.4 GRENADA 8 1 7 2.5 0.6 4.2 HANCOCK 10 7 3 2.0 1.6 5.9 HARRISON 30 12 18 1.0 0.6 2.0 HINDS 97 13 84 2.4 1.1 2.9 HOLMES 5 0 5 1.3 - 1.6 HUMPHREYS 5 1 4 2.6 2.3 2.7 ISSAQUENA 3 0 3 9.7 - 13.0 ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 - - - JACKSON 34 13 21 1.9 1.0 3.9 JASPER 7 4 3 2.6 4.3 1.6 JEFFERSON 4 0 4 2.7 - 2.8 JEFF DAVIS 6 2 4 2.6 3.1 2.4 JONES 19 10 9 2.3 1.9 3.0 KEMPER 3 0 3 2.2 - 2.8 LAFAYETTE 6 3 3 1.5 1.3 1.8 LAMAR 2 2 0 0.4 0.5 - LAUDERDALE 26 8 18 2.3 1.4 3.1 LAWRENCE 6 1 5 3.1 1.0 5.4 LEAKE 2 1 1 0.7 0.7 0.7 LEE 27 7 20 2.3 0.9 4.8 LEFLORE 7 0 7 1.0 - 1.3 TABLE 6B - PAGE 2 LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 1,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 1995 NUMBER PERCENT NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE LINCOLN 6 4 2 1.4 1.5 1.2 LOWNDES 11 3 8 1.1 0.6 1.6 MADISON 12 5 7 1.0 0.8 1.2 MARION 6 1 5 1.6 0.5 2.9 MARSHALL 5 1 4 0.9 0.4 1.3 MONROE 11 4 7 2.0 1.2 3.1 MONTGOMERY 1 0 1 0.6 - 1.1 NESHOBA 13 4 9 3.0 1.7 4.3 NEWTON 7 2 5 2.2 1.2 3.2 NOXUBEE 2 0 2 0.9 - 1.2 OKTIBBEHA 10 4 6 2.0 1.7 2.4 PANOLA 10 1 9 1.8 0.4 2.8 PEARL RIVER 9 6 3 1.5 1.2 3.3 PERRY 2 1 1 1.1 0.8 2.0 PIKE 5 0 5 0.8 - 1.3 PONTOTOC 6 3 3 1.6 1.0 4.8 PRENTISS 3 1 2 1.0 0.4 5.3 QUITMAN 3 1 2 1.6 2.3 1.4 RANKIN 18 12 6 1.2 1.0 2.1 SCOTT 8 4 4 1.8 1.6 1.9 SHARKEY 3 0 3 2.3 - 2.7 SIMPSON 7 2 5 1.9 0.9 3.4 SMITH 2 0 2 0.9 - 2.9 STONE 4 2 2 2.2 1.5 4.3 SUNFLOWER 12 3 9 2.2 2.6 2.1 TALLAHATCHIE 7 0 7 2.9 - 4.2 TATE 5 0 5 1.4 - 3.4 TIPPAH 3 1 2 1.1 0.5 3.0 TISHOMINGO 2 2 0 0.9 1.0 - TUNICA 5 0 5 3.1 - 3.5 UNION 5 4 1 1.5 1.6 1.2 WALTHALL 3 0 3 1.3 - 2.3 WARREN 13 4 9 1.6 1.0 2.0 WASHINGTON 28 2 26 2.3 0.6 2.8 WAYNE 6 0 6 1.7 - 3.5 WEBSTER 6 2 4 4.5 2.1 10.0 WILKINSON 2 0 2 1.7 - 2.2 WINSTON 5 0 5 2.0 - 3.9 YALOBUSHA 2 1 1 1.3 1.2 1.5 YAZOO 7 1 6 1.6 0.8 2.0

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