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                                                  TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1996
 
 

COUNTY: ATTALA

 
                  TOTAL     FEMALES     FEMALES     FEMALES      TOTAL
             POPULATION        AGES        AGES        AGES       LIVE
RACE           ALL AGES       10-19       10-14       15-19     BIRTHS
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TOTAL            18,204       1,399         693         706        242
WHITE            10,599         705         346         359        133
NONWHITE          7,605         694         347         347        109
 
 
                                           -------- ALL RACES --------   ---------- WHITE ----------   -------- NONWHITE ---------
                                             ALL    AGES   AGES   AGES     ALL    AGES   AGES   AGES     ALL    AGES   AGES   AGES
                                           TEENS   10-14  15-17  18-19   TEENS   10-14  15-17  18-19   TEENS   10-14  15-17  18-19
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------
 
TEENAGE BIRTHS                                54       3     18     33      24       2      6     16      30       1     12     17
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        7       1      2      4       3       1      1      1       4       0      1      3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                       9       1      3      5       4       1      0      3       5       0      3      2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   42       3     16     23      13       2      4      7      29       1     12     16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS             6       0      2      4       2       0      0      2       4       0      2      2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES             6       0      2      4       2       0      0      2       4       0      2      2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           5       1      1      3       3       1      0      2       2       0      1      1
 
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      38.6     4.3   72.2 (15-19)   34.0     5.8   61.3 (15-19)   43.2     2.9   83.6 (15-19)
 
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                    0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0     0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0     0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0
 
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                  3       0      1      2       1       0      1      0       2       0      0      2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           55.6     0.0   55.6   60.6    41.7     0.0  166.7    0.0    66.7     0.0    0.0  117.6
 
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          57       3     19     35      25       2      7     16      32       1     12     19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      40.7     4.3   76.5 (15-19)   35.5     5.8   64.1 (15-19)   46.1     2.9   89.3 (15-19)
 
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS               0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
 
 
 * ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
 # FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
 
 
DEFINITIONS:
 
   IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
   PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
   FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
   FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
   INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
   PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
   PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000  FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
   INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE

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