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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: CLAY
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 21,703 1,816 881 935 346
WHITE 9,669 638 305 333 114
NONWHITE 12,034 1,178 576 602 232
-------- 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 68 3 31 34 10 0 2 8 58 3 29 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 2 2 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 1 6 9 0 0 0 0 16 1 6 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 62 3 31 28 5 0 2 3 57 3 29 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 4 12 3 0 0 3 13 0 4 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 5 16 4 0 0 4 17 0 5 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 0 7 7 3 0 0 3 11 0 7 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.4 3.4 69.5 (15-19) 15.7 0.0 30.0 (15-19) 49.2 5.2 91.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.7 0.0 0.0 29.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.2 0.0 0.0 38.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 102.9 0.0 96.8 117.6 400.0 . 1000 250.0 51.7 0.0 34.5 76.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 76 3 34 39 14 0 4 10 62 3 30 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.8 3.4 78.1 (15-19) 21.9 0.0 42.0 (15-19) 52.6 5.2 98.0 (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
