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(HSVSTEEN)
                                                  TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1997

COUNTY: CALHOUN

                  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            14,630       1,054         535         519        226
WHITE            10,424         655         323         332        126
NONWHITE          4,206         399         212         187        100



                                           -------- 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                                49       1     20     28      21       0      7     14      28       1     13     14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                       11       0      3      8       3       0      0      3       8       0      3      5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                      12       0      5      7       3       0      0      3       9       0      5      4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   45       1     20     24      17       0      7     10      28       1     13     14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS            10       0      1      9       2       0      0      2       8       0      1      7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES            14       0      4     10       5       0      2      3       9       0      2      7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           4       0      1      3       2       0      0      2       2       0      1      1

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      46.5     1.9   92.5 (15-19)   32.1     0.0   63.2 (15-19)   70.2     4.7  144.4 (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      0      1       1       1      0      0       1       0      0      1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           40.8    1000    0.0   35.7    47.6      .     0.0    0.0    35.7     0.0    0.0   71.4

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          51       2     20     29      22       1      7     14      29       1     13     15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      48.4     3.7   94.4 (15-19)   33.6     3.1   63.2 (15-19)   72.7     4.7  149.7 (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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