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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: CLAIBORNE
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 11,324 1,533 404 1,129 205
WHITE 1,862 106 51 55 19
NONWHITE 9,462 1,427 353 1,074 186
-------- 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 75 3 34 38 2 0 0 2 73 3 34 36
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 8 1 4 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 1 0 0 1 9 0 5 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 71 3 33 35 0 0 0 0 71 3 33 35
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 3 14 2 0 0 2 15 0 3 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 5 16 2 0 0 2 19 0 5 14
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 48.9 7.4 63.8 (15-19) 18.9 0.0 36.4 (15-19) 51.2 8.5 65.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.7 0.0 29.4 26.3 500.0 0.0 0.0 500.0 13.7 0.0 29.4 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 0 7 8 0 0 0 0 15 0 7 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 200.0 0.0 205.9 210.5 0.0 . . 0.0 205.5 0.0 205.9 222.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 92 3 42 47 3 0 0 3 89 3 42 44
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 60.0 7.4 78.8 (15-19) 28.3 0.0 54.5 (15-19) 62.4 8.5 80.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 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
