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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: CHOCTAW
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 8,934 778 369 409 113
WHITE 6,115 455 204 251 72
NONWHITE 2,819 323 165 158 41
-------- 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 32 3 17 12 15 1 8 6 17 2 9 6
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 3 11 7 4 1 2 1 17 2 9 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 6 0 3 3 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 6 1 4 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.1 8.1 70.9 (15-19) 33.0 4.9 55.8 (15-19) 52.6 12.1 94.9 (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# 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 125.0 0.0 117.6 166.7 133.3 0.0 250.0 0.0 117.6 0.0 0.0 333.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 36 3 19 14 17 1 10 6 19 2 9 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.3 8.1 80.7 (15-19) 37.4 4.9 63.7 (15-19) 58.8 12.1 107.6 (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
