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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: HANCOCK
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 36,182 2,692 1,332 1,360 449
WHITE 32,040 2,290 1,142 1,148 403
NONWHITE 4,142 402 190 212 46
-------- 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 69 1 26 42 63 1 25 37 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 53 1 19 33 47 1 18 28 6 0 1 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 2 10 12 0 2 10 0 0 0 0
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 4 2 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.6 0.8 50.0 (15-19) 27.5 0.9 54.0 (15-19) 14.9 0.0 28.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 29.0 0.0 38.5 23.8 31.7 0.0 40.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 0 1 8 6 0 1 5 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 130.4 0.0 38.5 190.5 95.2 0.0 40.0 135.1 333.3 . 0.0 400.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 80 1 28 51 71 1 27 43 8 0 1 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 29.7 0.8 58.1 (15-19) 31.0 0.9 61.0 (15-19) 19.9 0.0 37.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
