TABLE A4. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND FERTILITY RATES,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE*
AGE OF NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 44,075 23,540 20,535 100.0 100.0 100.0 69.4 65.0 75.2
UNDER 15 236 30 206 0.5 0.1 1.0 2.2 0.5 4.0
15-19 8,030 3,159 4,871 18.2 13.4 23.7 70.2 52.6 89.5
20-24 14,900 7,131 7,769 33.8 30.3 37.8 140.4 125.3 157.8
25-29 11,229 6,914 4,315 25.5 29.4 21.0 114.0 123.4 101.7
30-34 6,400 4,236 2,164 14.5 18.0 10.5 66.0 74.6 53.9
35-39 2,711 1,746 965 6.2 7.4 4.7 24.8 26.5 22.2
40-44 551 312 239 1.2 1.3 1.2 5.0 4.7 5.5
45-49 16 12 4 ** ** ** 0.2 0.2 0.1
UNKNOWN 2 0 2 ** - **
* FOR TOTAL GROUP - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES 15-44 YEARS OF AGE; FOR
SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS - LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED GROUP.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
TABLE A5. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED BY MOTHER AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT* CUMULATIVE PERCENT*
COMPLETED BY NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL BIRTHS 44,075 23,540 20,535 100.0 100.0 100.0
0-6 YEARS 305 205 100 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.5
7-9 YEARS 3,672 1,855 1,817 8.4 7.9 8.9 9.0 8.8 9.3
10, 11 YEARS 7,348 2,871 4,477 16.7 12.2 21.8 25.8 21.0 31.2
12 YEARS 14,190 6,614 7,576 32.3 28.2 36.9 58.0 49.2 68.1
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 11,078 6,249 4,829 25.2 26.6 23.6 83.2 75.9 91.7
4 OR MORE YEARS
OF COLLEGE 7,360 5,654 1,706 16.7 24.1 8.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNKNOWN 122 92 30
MEDIAN YEARS
COMPLETED* 12.8 13.1 12.5
* CALCULATIONS EXCLUDE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WITH EDUCATION UNKNOWN.
