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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: HARRISON
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 170,862 12,488 6,395 6,093 2,763
WHITE 131,020 8,679 4,482 4,197 1,963
NONWHITE 39,842 3,809 1,913 1,896 800
-------- 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 482 5 179 298 284 1 98 185 198 4 81 113
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 49 0 24 25 28 0 13 15 21 0 11 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 83 0 38 45 37 0 14 23 46 0 24 22
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 360 5 157 198 180 1 77 102 180 4 80 96
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 105 0 19 86 51 0 3 48 54 0 16 38
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 144 0 29 115 76 0 9 67 68 0 20 48
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 74 1 31 42 32 0 13 19 42 1 18 23
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.6 0.8 78.3 (15-19) 32.7 0.2 67.4 (15-19) 52.0 2.1 102.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.1 0.0 5.6 3.4 7.0 0.0 10.2 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 107 1 35 71 73 1 25 47 34 0 10 24
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 222.0 200.0 195.5 238.2 257.0 1000 255.1 254.0 171.7 0.0 123.4 212.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 591 6 215 370 359 2 124 233 232 4 91 137
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.3 0.9 96.0 (15-19) 41.4 0.4 85.1 (15-19) 60.9 2.1 120.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 7 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 6 0 4 2
* 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
