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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: JACKSON
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 133,134 10,630 5,147 5,483 1,768
WHITE 103,144 7,506 3,690 3,816 1,235
NONWHITE 29,990 3,124 1,457 1,667 533
-------- 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 353 6 135 212 212 2 79 131 141 4 56 81
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 38 2 11 25 18 1 5 12 20 1 6 13
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 52 1 16 35 24 0 8 16 28 1 8 19
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 271 6 111 154 134 2 56 76 137 4 55 78
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 84 0 15 69 37 0 6 31 47 0 9 38
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 95 0 19 76 45 0 7 38 50 0 12 38
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 41 0 17 24 12 0 6 6 29 0 11 18
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.2 1.2 63.3 (15-19) 28.2 0.5 55.0 (15-19) 45.1 2.7 82.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 3 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.2 0.0 22.2 9.4 14.2 0.0 38.0 0.0 14.2 0.0 0.0 24.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 85 1 37 47 59 1 28 30 26 0 9 17
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 240.8 166.7 274.1 221.7 278.3 500.0 354.4 229.0 184.4 0.0 160.7 209.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 443 7 175 261 274 3 110 161 169 4 65 100
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.7 1.4 79.5 (15-19) 36.5 0.8 71.0 (15-19) 54.1 2.7 99.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
