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

COUNTY: ISSAQUENA

                  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             1,805         166          74          92         19
WHITE               771          53          26          27          6
NONWHITE          1,034         113          48          65         13



                                           -------- 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                                 6       0      1      5       1       0      0      1       5       0      1      4
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                    5       0      1      4       0       0      0      0       5       0      1      4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS             2       0      0      2       0       0      0      0       2       0      0      2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES             2       0      0      2       0       0      0      0       2       0      0      2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           2       0      0      2       0       0      0      0       2       0      0      2

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      36.1     0.0   65.2 (15-19)   18.9     0.0   37.0 (15-19)   44.2     0.0   76.9 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                    0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0     0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0     0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                  0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO            0.0      .     0.0    0.0     0.0      .      .     0.0     0.0      .     0.0    0.0

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                           6       0      1      5       1       0      0      1       5       0      1      4
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      36.1     0.0   65.2 (15-19)   18.9     0.0   37.0 (15-19)   44.2     0.0   76.9 (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

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