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

COUNTY: COVINGTON

 
                  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            16,010       1,354         664         690        299
WHITE            10,076         684         336         348        151
NONWHITE          5,934         670         328         342        148
 
 
                                           -------- 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                                75       2     29     44      20       0      8     12      55       2     21     32
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                       10       0      4      6       1       0      1      0       9       0      3      6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                      15       0      5     10       2       0      1      1      13       0      4      9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   63       2     24     37       9       0      4      5      54       2     20     32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS            21       0      4     17       2       0      0      2      19       0      4     15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES            24       0      6     18       3       0      1      2      21       0      5     16
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           9       0      5      4       2       0      1      1       7       0      4      3
 
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      55.4     3.0  105.8 (15-19)   29.2     0.0   57.5 (15-19)   82.1     6.1  155.0 (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      0      3       2       0      0      2       1       0      0      1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           40.0     0.0    0.0   68.2   100.0      .     0.0  166.7    18.2     0.0    0.0   31.2
 
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          78       2     29     47      22       0      8     14      56       2     21     33
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      57.6     3.0  110.1 (15-19)   32.2     0.0   63.2 (15-19)   83.6     6.1  157.9 (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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