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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: GEORGE
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 17,884 1,458 734 724 346
WHITE 15,969 1,248 626 622 301
NONWHITE 1,915 210 108 102 45
-------- 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 70 1 29 40 51 1 21 29 19 0 8 11
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 18 1 7 10 13 1 5 7 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 1 18 19 21 1 10 10 17 0 8 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 2 11 10 0 1 9 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 18 0 3 15 13 0 2 11 5 0 1 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 48.0 1.4 95.3 (15-19) 40.9 1.6 80.4 (15-19) 90.5 0.0 186.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.3 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.6 0.0 0.0 90.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 57.1 0.0 69.0 50.0 19.6 0.0 0.0 34.5 157.9 . 250.0 90.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 75 1 31 43 52 1 21 30 23 0 10 13
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.4 1.4 102.2 (15-19) 41.7 1.6 82.0 (15-19) 109.5 0.0 225.5 (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
