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

COUNTY: JASPER

 
                  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            17,235       1,492         708         784        293
WHITE             8,167         515         265         250        101
NONWHITE          9,068         977         443         534        192
 
 
                                           -------- 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                                65       1     28     36      10       0      2      8      55       1     26     28
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        2       0      0      2       0       0      0      0       2       0      0      2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                       3       0      1      2       0       0      0      0       3       0      1      2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   55       1     26     28       1       0      0      1      54       1     26     27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS             9       0      1      8       1       0      0      1       8       0      1      7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES            13       0      2     11       2       0      0      2      11       0      2      9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           4       1      2      1       0       0      0      0       4       1      2      1
 
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      43.6     1.4   81.6 (15-19)   19.4     0.0   40.0 (15-19)   56.3     2.2  101.1 (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#                  4       1      2      1       2       0      1      1       2       1      1      0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           61.5    1000   71.4   27.8   200.0      .   500.0  125.0    36.4    1000   38.5    0.0
 
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          69       2     30     37      12       0      3      9      57       2     27     28
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      46.2     2.8   85.4 (15-19)   23.3     0.0   48.0 (15-19)   58.3     4.5  103.0 (15-19)
 
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS               1       0      0      1       1       0      0      1       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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