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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: JEFF DAVIS
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 13,527 1,203 583 620 187
WHITE 5,667 372 203 169 61
NONWHITE 7,860 831 380 451 126
-------- 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 44 1 20 23 15 0 4 11 29 1 16 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 1 16 13 4 0 1 3 26 1 15 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 2 0 0 2 7 0 2 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 2 8 3 0 0 3 7 0 2 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.6 1.7 69.4 (15-19) 40.3 0.0 88.8 (15-19) 34.9 2.6 62.1 (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# 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 113.6 1000 0.0 173.9 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 172.4 1000 0.0 333.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 49 2 20 27 15 0 4 11 34 2 16 16
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.7 3.4 75.8 (15-19) 40.3 0.0 88.8 (15-19) 40.9 5.3 71.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
* 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
