TABLE 7
PREMATURE* LIVE BIRTHS 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 7,151 3,229 3,922 16.9 14.2 20.1
ADAMS 66 15 51 14.7 9.9 17.2
ALCORN 102 87 15 20.9 21.4 18.5
AMITE 26 12 14 14.7 13.3 16.1
ATTALA 46 13 33 16.2 9.4 22.8
BENTON 16 8 8 14.4 12.3 17.4
BOLIVAR 116 23 93 18.0 14.4 19.2
CALHOUN 37 26 11 17.0 18.0 14.9
CARROLL 9 4 5 8.4 6.7 10.6
CHICKASAW 65 25 40 20.6 16.9 23.8
CHOCTAW 16 5 11 17.0 8.6 30.6
CLAIBORNE 31 6 25 18.2 31.6 16.6
CLARKE 39 18 21 15.8 13.0 19.6
CLAY 64 19 45 19.6 19.2 19.7
COAHOMA 101 12 89 17.7 13.6 18.5
COPIAH 89 29 60 21.0 17.2 23.5
COVINGTON 54 28 26 17.0 15.1 19.7
DESOTO 191 154 37 10.8 10.3 13.8
FORREST 156 65 91 14.8 11.2 19.2
FRANKLIN 17 8 9 14.5 11.8 18.4
GEORGE 56 45 11 17.1 15.4 30.6
GREENE 26 18 8 17.9 16.1 24.2
GRENADA 39 16 23 13.7 10.7 16.9
HANCOCK 92 82 10 17.3 16.8 22.7
HARRISON 439 258 181 15.4 13.4 19.8
HINDS 759 116 643 19.8 11.6 22.6
HOLMES 71 4 67 18.4 8.9 19.6
HUMPHREYS 45 6 39 20.0 17.1 20.5
ISSAQUENA 2 0 2 11.1 0.0 12.5
ITAWAMBA 74 65 9 27.4 26.0 45.0
JACKSON 275 172 103 14.7 13.0 18.6
JASPER 31 8 23 11.1 7.0 14.0
JEFFERSON 25 1 24 18.6 12.5 19.0
JEFF DAVIS 31 11 20 18.1 15.5 20.0
JONES 123 75 48 12.2 11.7 13.2
KEMPER 20 6 14 14.7 14.0 15.0
LAFAYETTE 59 26 33 13.2 10.0 17.6
LAMAR 85 63 22 13.6 12.2 20.2
LAUDERDALE 191 78 113 15.7 13.0 18.3
LAWRENCE 33 18 15 16.6 15.8 17.6
LEAKE 76 40 36 21.3 21.2 21.6
LEE 410 264 146 33.5 31.6 37.3
LEFLORE 95 19 76 16.4 14.3 17.0
TABLE 7 - PAGE 2
PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 54 31 23 11.7 10.4 14.2
LOWNDES 168 63 105 18.1 13.5 22.9
MADISON 210 85 125 16.5 12.6 21.1
MARION 50 26 24 14.8 12.7 17.9
MARSHALL 67 27 40 13.0 11.5 14.3
MONROE 87 45 42 17.1 13.8 23.1
MONTGOMERY 27 7 20 17.9 10.8 23.2
NESHOBA 88 39 49 18.2 15.8 20.8
NEWTON 47 26 21 14.9 14.2 15.8
NOXUBEE 46 6 40 20.9 12.5 23.2
OKTIBBEHA 72 18 54 13.1 7.5 17.4
PANOLA 107 34 73 17.4 14.5 19.2
PEARL RIVER 87 59 28 13.5 11.1 24.6
PERRY 23 15 8 13.7 11.7 20.0
PIKE 108 31 77 17.1 12.0 20.6
PONTOTOC 84 65 19 23.8 22.1 32.2
PRENTISS 74 62 12 24.6 25.8 19.7
QUITMAN 41 3 38 23.6 12.5 25.3
RANKIN 239 167 72 14.2 12.4 21.0
SCOTT 75 40 35 17.2 15.6 19.3
SHARKEY 11 2 9 9.6 6.1 11.0
SIMPSON 69 34 35 17.8 15.0 21.9
SMITH 33 21 12 15.5 13.7 20.0
STONE 26 19 7 13.7 13.1 15.6
SUNFLOWER 96 10 86 19.6 11.5 21.3
TALLAHATCHIE 30 8 22 14.4 14.0 14.6
TATE 43 23 20 11.5 9.0 16.5
TIPPAH 45 41 4 14.2 15.5 7.5
TISHOMINGO 51 49 2 24.2 24.0 28.6
TUNICA 35 5 30 18.9 23.8 18.3
UNION 75 55 20 20.4 19.0 25.6
WALTHALL 28 12 16 13.3 12.0 14.4
WARREN 118 37 81 15.9 11.4 19.5
WASHINGTON 193 29 164 18.0 11.5 20.1
WAYNE 50 22 28 15.9 12.9 19.4
WEBSTER 21 16 5 14.0 14.0 13.9
WILKINSON 23 2 21 16.7 5.7 20.4
WINSTON 35 16 19 12.9 12.7 13.1
YALOBUSHA 27 7 20 15.2 7.6 23.5
YAZOO 90 24 66 21.7 16.9 24.3
* GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
