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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
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 1,399 693 706 251
WHITE 10,599 705 346 359 116
NONWHITE 7,605 694 347 347 135
-------- 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 50 0 18 32 16 0 7 9 34 0 11 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 2 9 1 0 1 0 10 0 1 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 42 0 15 27 10 0 4 6 32 0 11 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 10 0 2 8 2 0 1 1 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 4 10 5 0 3 2 9 0 1 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.7 0.0 70.8 (15-19) 22.7 0.0 44.6 (15-19) 49.0 0.0 98.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.0 0.0 55.6 0.0 62.5 0.0 142.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 120.0 . 55.6 156.2 62.5 . 0.0 111.1 147.0 . 90.9 173.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 57 0 20 37 18 0 8 10 39 0 12 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.7 0.0 80.7 (15-19) 25.5 0.0 50.1 (15-19) 56.2 0.0 112.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
* 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
