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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: COVINGTON
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 16,010 1,354 664 690 287
WHITE 10,076 684 336 348 152
NONWHITE 5,934 670 328 342 135
-------- 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 64 3 24 37 28 1 10 17 36 2 14 20
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 4 0 1 3 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 1 5 8 5 0 1 4 9 1 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 50 3 21 26 16 1 7 8 34 2 14 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 22 1 7 14 7 0 2 5 15 1 5 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 1 7 15 7 0 2 5 16 1 5 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 8 0 5 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.3 4.5 88.4 (15-19) 40.9 3.0 77.6 (15-19) 53.7 6.1 99.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 31.2 0.0 41.7 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 55.6 0.0 71.4 50.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 5 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 109.4 0.0 291.7 0.0 71.4 0.0 200.0 0.0 138.9 0.0 357.1 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 73 3 32 38 30 1 12 17 43 2 20 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.9 4.5 101.4 (15-19) 43.9 3.0 83.3 (15-19) 64.2 6.1 119.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
