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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: BOLIVAR
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 41,469 4,035 1,900 2,135 682
WHITE 13,857 1,049 363 686 159
NONWHITE 27,612 2,986 1,537 1,449 523
-------- 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 205 5 101 99 23 1 9 13 182 4 92 86
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 0 7 12 5 0 4 1 14 0 3 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 39 2 19 18 5 0 4 1 34 2 15 17
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 194 5 99 90 16 1 8 7 178 4 91 83
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 72 1 23 48 3 0 1 2 69 1 22 46
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 78 1 26 51 5 0 2 3 73 1 24 48
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.8 2.6 93.7 (15-19) 21.9 2.8 32.1 (15-19) 61.0 2.6 122.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.8 0.0 9.9 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 0.0 10.9 11.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 2 2 12 9 1 1 7 7 1 1 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 78.0 400.0 19.8 121.2 391.3 1000 111.1 538.5 38.5 250.0 10.9 58.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 223 7 104 112 32 2 10 20 191 5 94 92
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.3 3.7 101.2 (15-19) 30.5 5.5 43.7 (15-19) 64.0 3.2 128.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2
* 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
