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, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 4,513 1,770 2,743 10.7 7.8 14.1
ADAMS 63 14 49 14.0 9.2 16.5
ALCORN 49 33 16 10.0 8.1 19.8
AMITE 23 12 11 13.0 13.3 12.6
ATTALA 18 4 14 6.3 2.9 9.6
BENTON 15 7 8 13.5 10.8 17.4
BOLIVAR 78 18 60 12.1 11.2 12.4
CALHOUN 19 9 10 8.7 6.2 13.5
CARROLL 6 1 5 5.6 1.7 10.6
CHICKASAW 26 7 19 8.2 4.7 11.3
CHOCTAW 10 5 5 10.6 8.6 13.9
CLAIBORNE 24 4 20 14.1 21.0 13.2
CLARKE 25 8 17 10.2 5.8 15.9
CLAY 44 6 38 13.4 6.1 16.7
COAHOMA 64 10 54 11.2 11.4 11.2
COPIAH 52 14 38 12.3 8.3 14.9
COVINGTON 34 18 16 10.7 9.7 12.1
DESOTO 136 112 24 7.7 7.5 9.0
FORREST 107 35 72 10.2 6.0 15.2
FRANKLIN 10 5 5 8.5 7.4 10.2
GEORGE 33 26 7 10.1 8.9 19.4
GREENE 11 9 2 7.6 8.0 6.1
GRENADA 29 11 18 10.2 7.4 13.2
HANCOCK 53 45 8 10.0 9.2 18.2
HARRISON 279 147 132 9.8 7.6 14.4
HINDS 502 78 424 13.1 7.8 14.9
HOLMES 46 3 43 11.9 6.7 12.6
HUMPHREYS 34 3 31 15.1 8.6 16.3
ISSAQUENA 1 0 1 5.6 0.0 6.2
ITAWAMBA 22 21 1 8.1 8.4 5.0
JACKSON 186 107 79 9.9 8.1 14.3
JASPER 27 6 21 9.7 5.2 12.8
JEFFERSON 20 0 20 14.9 0.0 15.9
JEFF DAVIS 25 11 14 14.6 15.5 14.0
JONES 119 59 60 11.8 9.2 16.5
KEMPER 19 3 16 14.0 7.0 17.2
LAFAYETTE 51 23 28 11.4 8.8 15.0
LAMAR 53 34 19 8.5 6.6 17.4
LAUDERDALE 134 48 86 11.0 8.0 14.0
LAWRENCE 18 6 12 9.0 5.3 14.1
LEAKE 58 35 23 16.3 18.5 13.8
LEE 128 64 64 10.4 7.7 16.4
LEFLORE 61 10 51 10.5 7.5 11.4
TABLE 6A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS - MISSISSIPPI - 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 44 24 20 9.6 8.0 12.3
LOWNDES 89 27 62 9.6 5.8 13.5
MADISON 141 51 90 11.1 7.5 15.2
MARION 26 11 15 7.7 5.4 11.2
MARSHALL 70 23 47 13.6 9.8 16.8
MONROE 43 27 16 8.5 8.3 8.8
MONTGOMERY 19 6 13 12.6 9.2 15.1
NESHOBA 47 21 26 9.8 8.5 11.1
NEWTON 33 13 20 10.4 7.1 15.0
NOXUBEE 27 1 26 12.3 2.1 15.1
OKTIBBEHA 52 11 41 9.4 4.6 13.2
PANOLA 61 18 43 9.9 7.7 11.3
PEARL RIVER 50 36 14 7.8 6.8 12.3
PERRY 19 11 8 11.3 8.6 20.0
PIKE 72 16 56 11.4 6.2 15.0
PONTOTOC 24 16 8 6.8 5.4 13.6
PRENTISS 33 23 10 11.0 9.6 16.4
QUITMAN 20 2 18 11.5 8.3 12.0
RANKIN 140 90 50 8.3 6.7 14.6
SCOTT 63 34 29 14.4 13.3 16.0
SHARKEY 7 2 5 6.1 6.1 6.1
SIMPSON 38 13 25 9.8 5.7 15.6
SMITH 21 13 8 9.8 8.5 13.3
STONE 19 12 7 10.0 8.3 15.6
SUNFLOWER 65 6 59 13.3 6.9 14.6
TALLAHATCHIE 29 5 24 13.9 8.8 15.9
TATE 26 16 10 6.9 6.3 8.3
TIPPAH 20 16 4 6.3 6.0 7.5
TISHOMINGO 14 14 0 6.6 6.9 0.0
TUNICA 30 3 27 16.2 14.3 16.5
UNION 44 25 19 12.0 8.6 24.4
WALTHALL 19 8 11 9.0 8.0 9.9
WARREN 97 32 65 13.1 9.9 15.6
WASHINGTON 121 14 107 11.3 5.5 13.1
WAYNE 38 15 23 12.1 8.8 16.0
WEBSTER 13 9 4 8.7 7.9 11.1
WILKINSON 20 2 18 14.5 5.7 17.5
WINSTON 30 11 19 11.1 8.7 13.1
YALOBUSHA 24 10 14 13.6 10.9 16.5
YAZOO 53 12 41 12.8 8.4 15.1
