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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: AMITE
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 13,854 1,163 559 604 167
WHITE 7,469 503 255 248 93
NONWHITE 6,385 660 304 356 74
-------- 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
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 42 2 15 25 20 1 6 13 22 1 9 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 6 2 3 0 3 0 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 28 1 13 14 8 0 4 4 20 1 9 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 3 0 1 2 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 2 10 4 0 1 3 8 0 1 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.1 3.6 66.2 (15-19) 39.8 3.9 76.6 (15-19) 33.3 3.3 59.0 (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# 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 47.6 500.0 66.7 0.0 50.0 0.0 166.7 0.0 45.4 1000 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 44 3 16 25 21 1 7 13 23 2 9 12
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.8 5.4 67.9 (15-19) 41.8 3.9 80.6 (15-19) 34.8 6.6 59.0 (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
