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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: COPIAH
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 28,027 2,237 1,121 1,116 386
WHITE 13,256 867 435 432 142
NONWHITE 14,771 1,370 686 684 244
-------- 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 108 3 39 66 22 0 8 14 86 3 31 52
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 0 8 13 2 0 0 2 19 0 8 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 23 1 11 11 1 0 1 0 22 1 10 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 92 3 34 55 8 0 3 5 84 3 31 50
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 2 21 7 0 2 5 16 0 0 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 34 0 5 29 9 0 2 7 25 0 3 22
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 48.3 2.7 94.1 (15-19) 25.4 0.0 50.9 (15-19) 62.8 4.4 121.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.2 0.0 0.0 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.0 19.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 74.1 0.0 25.6 106.1 90.9 . 0.0 142.8 69.8 0.0 32.2 96.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 117 3 40 74 24 0 8 16 93 3 32 58
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.3 2.7 102.2 (15-19) 27.7 0.0 55.6 (15-19) 67.9 4.4 131.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 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
