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(HSVSTEEN)
                                                  TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1997

COUNTY: HUMPHREYS

                  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            11,453       1,151         614         537        180
WHITE             3,475         221         122          99         37
NONWHITE          7,978         930         492         438        143



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                                46       1     25     20       4       0      1      3      42       1     24     17
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        7       0      5      2       0       0      0      0       7       0      5      2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                      11       1      9      1       0       0      0      0      11       1      9      1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   43       1     24     18       1       0      0      1      42       1     24     17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS            11       0      2      9       2       0      0      2       9       0      2      7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES            12       0      3      9       2       0      0      2      10       0      3      7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           9       0      5      4       0       0      0      0       9       0      5      4

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      40.0     1.6   83.8 (15-19)   18.1     0.0   40.4 (15-19)   45.2     2.0   93.6 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         1       0      1      0       0       0      0      0       1       0      1      0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                   21.7     0.0   40.0    0.0     0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0    23.8     0.0   41.7    0.0

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                  4       2      0      2       1       1      0      0       3       1      0      2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           87.0    2000    0.0  100.0   250.0      .     0.0    0.0    71.4    1000    0.0  117.6

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          51       3     26     22       5       1      1      3      46       2     25     19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      44.3     4.9   89.4 (15-19)   22.6     8.2   40.4 (15-19)   49.5     4.1  100.4 (15-19)

INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS               2       0      2      0       0       0      0      0       2       0      2      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

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