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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: CHICKASAW
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 17,648 1,372 662 710 315
WHITE 10,443 659 310 349 153
NONWHITE 7,205 713 352 361 162
-------- 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 74 1 36 37 23 0 5 18 51 1 31 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 9 8 5 0 1 4 12 0 8 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 60 1 34 25 9 0 3 6 51 1 31 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 9 11 5 0 2 3 15 0 7 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 9 11 5 0 2 3 15 0 7 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.9 1.5 102.8 (15-19) 34.9 0.0 65.9 (15-19) 71.5 2.8 138.5 (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# 8 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 108.1 1000 111.1 81.1 87.0 . 0.0 55.6 117.6 0.0 129.0 105.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 82 2 40 40 25 1 5 19 57 1 35 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.8 3.0 112.7 (15-19) 37.9 3.2 68.8 (15-19) 79.9 2.8 155.1 (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
