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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: CLARKE
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 17,241 1,402 699 703 229
WHITE 11,066 752 370 382 127
NONWHITE 6,175 650 329 321 102
-------- 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 56 5 30 21 28 2 15 11 28 3 15 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 8 3 2 0 1 1 9 0 7 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 2 8 4 4 1 2 1 10 1 6 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 43 5 24 14 17 2 9 6 26 3 15 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 3 5 4 0 2 2 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 5 7 7 0 4 3 5 0 1 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.9 7.2 72.5 (15-19) 37.2 5.4 68.1 (15-19) 43.1 9.1 77.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.8 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 35.7 0.0 66.7 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 3 4 4 0 1 3 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 125.0 0.0 100.0 190.5 142.8 0.0 66.7 272.7 107.1 0.0 133.3 100.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 64 5 34 25 32 2 16 14 32 3 18 11
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.6 7.2 83.9 (15-19) 42.6 5.4 78.5 (15-19) 49.2 9.1 90.3 (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
