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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: ITAWAMBA
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 19,797 1,266 630 636 263
WHITE 18,415 1,145 576 569 229
NONWHITE 1,382 121 54 67 34
-------- 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 41 0 17 24 31 0 15 16 10 0 2 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 4 2 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 19 0 10 9 10 0 8 2 9 0 2 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 2 5 3 0 1 2 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.4 0.0 64.5 (15-19) 27.1 0.0 54.5 (15-19) 82.6 0.0 149.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 24.4 0.0 0.0 41.7 32.2 0.0 0.0 62.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 73.2 . 58.8 83.3 64.5 . 66.7 62.5 100.0 . 0.0 125.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 45 0 18 27 34 0 16 18 11 0 2 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.5 0.0 70.8 (15-19) 29.7 0.0 59.8 (15-19) 90.9 0.0 164.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 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
