TABLE A8. LIVE BIRTHS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY WHETHER MOTHER RECEIVED PRENATAL CARE,
TIME DURING PREGNANCY CARE BEGAN, AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
PRENATAL CARE AND NON- NON-
TIME CARE BEGAN TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 42,277 22,798 19,479 100.0 100.0 100.0
NO PRENATAL CARE 435 104 331 1.0 0.4 1.7
SOME PRENATAL CARE 41,675 22,615 19,060 98.6 99.2 97.8
FIRST TRIMESTER 34,760 20,255 14,505 82.2 88.8 74.5
SECOND TRIMESTER 5,834 2,019 3,815 13.8 8.8 19.6
THIRD TRIMESTER 917 294 623 2.2 1.3 3.2
UNKNOWN MONTH 164 47 117 0.4 0.2 0.6
UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY
PRENATAL CARE 167 79 88 0.4 0.3 0.4
