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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: FORREST
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 72,427 5,613 2,574 3,039 1,122
WHITE 49,061 3,165 1,453 1,712 630
NONWHITE 23,366 2,448 1,121 1,327 492
-------- 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 193 7 83 103 77 2 29 46 116 5 54 57
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 16 1 7 8 5 0 0 5 11 1 7 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 29 2 10 17 10 0 2 8 19 2 8 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 154 7 73 74 39 2 19 18 115 5 54 56
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 51 0 15 36 13 0 3 10 38 0 12 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 64 0 20 44 19 0 5 14 45 0 15 30
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 22 1 10 11 3 0 0 3 19 1 10 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.4 2.7 61.2 (15-19) 24.3 1.4 43.8 (15-19) 47.4 4.5 83.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.7 142.8 12.0 19.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.5 200.0 18.5 35.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 49 2 9 38 30 1 6 23 19 1 3 15
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 253.9 285.7 108.4 368.9 389.6 500.0 206.9 500.0 163.8 200.0 55.6 263.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 246 10 93 143 107 3 35 69 139 7 58 74
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.8 3.9 77.6 (15-19) 33.8 2.1 60.7 (15-19) 56.8 6.2 99.5 (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
