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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: DESOTO
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 88,563 6,813 3,391 3,422 1,467
WHITE 75,074 5,492 2,772 2,720 1,250
NONWHITE 13,489 1,321 619 702 217
-------- 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 169 5 55 109 119 2 38 79 50 3 17 30
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 6 13 9 0 3 6 11 1 3 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 23 1 7 15 11 0 4 7 12 1 3 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 119 5 45 69 70 2 28 40 49 3 17 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 38 0 5 33 23 0 4 19 15 0 1 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 48 0 8 40 31 0 6 25 17 0 2 15
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 16 2 6 8 10 0 6 4 6 2 0 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 24.8 1.5 47.9 (15-19) 21.7 0.7 43.0 (15-19) 37.8 4.8 67.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.8 0.0 18.2 18.3 8.4 0.0 0.0 12.6 40.0 0.0 58.8 33.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 4 3 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 41.4 0.0 72.7 27.5 58.8 0.0 105.3 38.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 179 5 60 114 127 2 42 83 52 3 18 31
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.3 1.5 50.8 (15-19) 23.1 0.7 46.0 (15-19) 39.4 4.8 69.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1
* 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
