TABLE A8. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE,
TIME DURING PREGNANCY CARE BEGAN, AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
PRENATAL CARE AND NON- NON-
TIME CARE BEGAN TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 44,075 23,540 20,535 100.0 100.0 100.0
NO PRENATAL CARE 500 111 389 1.1 0.5 1.9
SOME PRENATAL CARE 43,414 23,363 20,051 98.5 99.2 97.6
FIRST TRIMESTER 35,634 20,809 14,825 80.8 88.4 72.2
SECOND TRIMESTER 6,441 2,125 4,316 14.6 9.0 21.0
THIRD TRIMESTER 1,160 374 786 2.6 1.6 3.8
UNKNOWN MONTH 179 55 124 0.4 0.2 0.6
UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY
PRENATAL CARE 161 66 95 0.4 0.3 0.5
TABLE A9. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MATURITY AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
MATURITY* TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 44,075 23,540 20,535 100.0 100.0 100.0
IMMATURE ONLY** 1,867 730 1,137 4.2 3.1 5.5
PREMATURE ONLY** 4,127 1,852 2,275 9.4 7.9 11.1
BOTH IMMATURE AND
PREMATURE 2,834 1,139 1,695 6.4 4.8 8.2
TOTAL IMMATURE 4,701 1,869 2,832 10.7 7.9 13.8
TOTAL PREMATURE 6,961 2,991 3,970 15.8 12.7 19.3
TOTAL IMMATURE AND/OR
PREMATURE 8,828 3,721 5,107 20.0 15.8 24.9
NEITHER IMMATURE NOR
PREMATURE** 35,247 19,819 15,428 80.0 84.2 75.1
* IMMATURE - BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 5 1/2 POUNDS (2,500 GRAMS); PREMATURE -
GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS (CALCULATED BY SUBTRACTING THE DATE OF THE
LAST NORMAL MENSTRUAL PERIOD PRIOR TO DELIVERY FROM THE DATE OF BIRTH).
** BIRTHS CLASSIFIED AS IMMATURE ONLY OR AS PREMATURE ONLY INCLUDE SOME FOR
WHICH THE OTHER MEASUREMENT WAS UNKNOWN. THOSE CLASSIFIED AS NEITHER
IMMATURE NOR PREMATURE INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH ONE OR BOTH MEASUREMENTS
WERE UNKNOWN.
