TABLE A4. LIVE BIRTHS, PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, AND FERTILITY RATES,
BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT FERTILITY RATE*
AGE OF NON- NON- NON-
MOTHER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 42,277 22,798 19,479 100.0 100.0 100.0 66.6 63.0 71.4
UNDER 15 196 26 170 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.8 0.5 3.3
15-19 7,340 2,900 4,440 17.4 12.7 22.8 64.1 48.3 81.6
20-24 14,399 6,844 7,555 34.0 30.0 38.8 135.6 120.2 153.4
25-29 10,607 6,556 4,051 25.1 28.8 20.8 107.7 117.0 95.5
30-34 6,545 4,448 2,097 15.5 19.5 10.8 67.5 78.4 52.2
35-39 2,678 1,709 969 6.3 7.5 5.0 24.5 25.9 22.3
40-44 486 297 189 1.2 1.3 1.0 4.4 4.5 4.4
45-49 21 14 7 ** 0.1 ** 0.2 0.2 0.2
UNKNOWN 5 4 1 ** ** **
* 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.
