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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: HINDS
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 253,096 19,628 9,551 10,077 4,059
WHITE 115,854 6,945 3,380 3,565 1,125
NONWHITE 137,242 12,683 6,171 6,512 2,934
-------- 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 862 39 356 467 85 3 28 54 777 36 328 413
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 137 6 58 73 5 0 1 4 132 6 57 69
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 195 8 82 105 8 1 2 5 187 7 80 100
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 814 39 347 428 55 3 21 31 759 36 326 397
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 264 0 69 195 15 0 3 12 249 0 66 183
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 310 0 83 227 28 0 7 21 282 0 76 206
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 105 6 43 56 4 1 1 2 101 5 42 54
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.9 4.1 81.7 (15-19) 12.2 0.9 23.0 (15-19) 61.3 5.8 113.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 23 3 8 12 3 2 0 1 20 1 8 11
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.7 76.9 22.5 25.7 35.3 666.7 0.0 18.5 25.7 27.8 24.4 26.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 310 15 92 203 74 0 25 49 236 15 67 154
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 359.6 384.6 258.4 434.7 870.6 0.0 892.8 907.4 303.7 416.7 204.3 372.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,195 57 456 682 162 5 53 104 1,033 52 403 578
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 60.9 6.0 112.9 (15-19) 23.3 1.5 44.0 (15-19) 81.4 8.4 150.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 9 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 8 1 4 3
* 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
