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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: CARROLL
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 9,844 819 383 436 91
WHITE 5,901 421 197 224 45
NONWHITE 3,943 398 186 212 46
-------- 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 19 0 5 14 5 0 2 3 14 0 3 11
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 14 0 4 10 2 0 1 1 12 0 3 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 2 5 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 23.2 0.0 43.6 (15-19) 11.9 0.0 22.3 (15-19) 35.2 0.0 66.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 52.6 0.0 0.0 71.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 71.4 0.0 0.0 90.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 157.9 . 0.0 142.8 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 214.3 . 0.0 181.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 23 1 5 17 5 0 2 3 18 1 3 14
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 28.1 2.6 50.4 (15-19) 11.9 0.0 22.3 (15-19) 45.2 5.4 80.2 (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
