Selected Factors by Race of Mother
Harrison County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

Factor	White		Black		Other		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	8,403	98.1	135	1.6	32	0.4	8,570	100.0
Low Birthweight
Total Low Birthweight	584	6.9	15	11.1	1	3.1	600	7.0
Maternal Age
Mother's < 20 Years	1,394	16.6	21	15.6	0	0.0	1,415	16.5
Mother's < 15 Years	13	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	0.2
Births with Known Prenatal Care
First Trimester	7,020	84.8	110	83.3	26	83.9	7,156	84.7
Second Trimester	1,051	12.7	19	14.4	4	12.9	1,074	12.7
Third Trimester	164	2.0	3	2.3	1	3.2	168	2.0
No Prenatal Care	46	0.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	46	0.5
Gestational Age
< 37 Weeks	926	11.0	18	13.3	1	3.1	945	11.0
37+ Weeks	7,137	84.9	111	82.2	30	93.7	7,278	84.9
Unknown	340	4.0	6	4.4	1	3.1	347	4.0
Factor	White		Black		Other		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent