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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: HOLMES
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 20,771 2,018 1,039 979 363
WHITE 4,654 298 155 143 49
NONWHITE 16,117 1,720 884 836 314
-------- 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 93 4 33 56 1 0 0 1 92 4 33 55
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 6 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 18 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 18 0 9 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 91 4 33 54 1 0 0 1 90 4 33 53
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 25 0 5 20 0 0 0 0 25 0 5 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 5 22 0 0 0 0 27 0 5 22
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 10 2 2 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.1 3.8 90.9 (15-19) 3.4 0.0 7.0 (15-19) 53.5 4.5 105.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 32.2 0.0 0.0 53.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.6 0.0 0.0 54.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 0 7 8 1 0 0 1 14 0 7 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 161.3 0.0 212.1 142.8 1000 . . 1000 152.2 0.0 212.1 127.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 111 4 40 67 2 0 0 2 109 4 40 65
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.0 3.8 109.3 (15-19) 6.7 0.0 14.0 (15-19) 63.4 4.5 125.6 (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
