TABLE 6A
LIVE BIRTHS WEIGHING LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS AT BIRTH
AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 4,701 1,869 2,832 10.7 7.9 13.8
ADAMS 58 14 44 11.9 8.4 13.7
ALCORN 58 43 15 12.8 11.3 20.0
AMITE 18 9 9 10.4 9.9 11.0
ATTALA 32 12 20 11.1 8.8 13.2
BENTON 23 14 9 17.3 18.4 15.8
BOLIVAR 71 13 58 10.6 8.3 11.3
CALHOUN 13 7 6 5.9 5.1 7.2
CARROLL 7 7 0 5.9 9.0 -
CHICKASAW 46 17 29 14.6 10.7 18.7
CHOCTAW 11 6 5 9.1 8.8 9.4
CLAIBORNE 19 2 17 9.7 14.3 9.4
CLARKE 37 10 27 14.3 6.8 23.9
CLAY 49 8 41 15.1 8.8 17.5
COAHOMA 80 5 75 12.2 4.7 13.7
COPIAH 62 20 42 13.4 10.3 15.7
COVINGTON 41 26 15 13.4 15.5 10.9
DESOTO 125 94 31 6.9 5.9 13.2
FORREST 113 45 68 10.3 7.3 14.2
FRANKLIN 14 2 12 12.7 3.2 25.0
GEORGE 38 30 8 11.3 10.0 22.2
GREENE 11 9 2 7.2 7.2 6.9
GRENADA 43 13 30 13.0 7.8 18.2
HANCOCK 53 48 5 9.2 9.2 8.5
HARRISON 269 162 107 9.0 7.7 12.0
HINDS 525 72 453 13.1 6.9 15.2
HOLMES 42 5 37 10.0 10.2 10.0
HUMPHREYS 30 5 25 14.9 14.3 15.1
ISSAQUENA 4 0 4 13.3 - 18.2
ITAWAMBA 27 20 7 9.6 7.6 35.0
JACKSON 164 103 61 8.5 7.7 10.3
JASPER 30 6 24 10.4 5.9 12.8
JEFFERSON 15 1 14 10.1 11.1 10.1
JEFF DAVIS 27 5 22 13.3 6.6 17.3
JONES 112 40 72 10.7 6.2 17.8
KEMPER 20 3 17 15.0 8.3 17.5
LAFAYETTE 43 19 24 10.1 7.8 13.3
LAMAR 59 40 19 9.8 8.2 17.1
LAUDERDALE 121 50 71 10.5 8.2 13.2
LAWRENCE 16 8 8 8.5 7.0 10.7
LEAKE 41 17 24 10.9 8.9 13.0
LEE 124 59 65 9.6 6.8 15.3
LEFLORE 75 8 67 11.8 6.3 13.2
TABLE 6A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 39 21 18 8.4 7.4 10.0
LOWNDES 96 29 67 10.2 6.5 13.3
MADISON 148 64 84 11.5 9.6 13.5
MARION 48 28 20 12.4 12.5 12.3
MARSHALL 73 22 51 13.1 9.3 15.9
MONROE 68 33 35 13.4 10.4 18.3
MONTGOMERY 28 11 17 17.1 15.7 18.1
NESHOBA 47 13 34 9.8 5.1 15.0
NEWTON 29 17 12 7.9 8.5 7.2
NOXUBEE 27 2 25 12.4 4.1 14.8
OKTIBBEHA 55 18 37 9.7 6.8 12.2
PANOLA 60 21 39 10.3 9.6 10.7
PEARL RIVER 39 28 11 5.9 5.0 10.3
PERRY 15 8 7 8.4 5.9 16.3
PIKE 65 16 49 10.2 6.3 12.9
PONTOTOC 35 27 8 8.7 7.8 14.8
PRENTISS 34 26 8 9.8 9.0 13.8
QUITMAN 19 1 18 11.4 3.7 13.0
RANKIN 148 103 45 8.7 7.5 13.8
SCOTT 44 19 25 9.6 7.9 11.4
SHARKEY 13 0 13 12.2 - 13.8
SIMPSON 47 23 24 12.1 10.6 14.1
SMITH 28 18 10 15.6 14.3 18.9
STONE 13 8 5 6.0 5.0 9.1
SUNFLOWER 79 18 61 14.2 17.0 13.5
TALLAHATCHIE 30 4 26 14.1 6.6 17.1
TATE 43 23 20 10.4 9.0 12.6
TIPPAH 45 28 17 12.9 10.0 24.6
TISHOMINGO 25 25 0 10.4 10.7 -
TUNICA 18 1 17 9.9 3.8 11.0
UNION 40 29 11 9.4 8.3 14.3
WALTHALL 29 11 18 13.1 11.6 14.2
WARREN 91 24 67 11.1 7.3 13.7
WASHINGTON 128 22 106 11.2 8.0 12.3
WAYNE 22 8 14 6.9 5.2 8.5
WEBSTER 21 11 10 13.0 9.6 20.8
WILKINSON 22 1 21 16.0 4.3 18.4
WINSTON 34 9 25 10.9 6.8 13.9
YALOBUSHA 23 7 16 11.7 6.6 17.6
YAZOO 67 15 52 13.7 9.1 16.0
