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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: JONES
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 62,251 4,761 2,367 2,394 964
WHITE 45,773 3,087 1,537 1,550 613
NONWHITE 16,478 1,674 830 844 351
-------- 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 185 7 62 116 99 1 28 70 86 6 34 46
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 24 4 7 13 9 0 1 8 15 4 6 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 21 0 7 14 13 0 6 7 8 0 1 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 122 7 47 68 37 1 14 22 85 6 33 46
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 44 1 7 36 17 0 2 15 27 1 5 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 60 1 9 50 25 0 3 22 35 1 6 28
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.8 3.0 74.4 (15-19) 32.1 0.6 63.2 (15-19) 51.4 7.2 94.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 1 2 8 2 0 1 1 9 1 1 7
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 59.4 142.8 32.2 69.0 20.2 0.0 35.7 14.3 104.6 166.7 29.4 152.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 20 2 9 9 13 0 4 9 7 2 5 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 108.1 285.7 145.2 77.6 131.3 0.0 142.8 128.6 81.4 333.3 147.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 216 10 73 133 114 1 33 80 102 9 40 53
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.4 4.2 86.0 (15-19) 36.9 0.6 72.9 (15-19) 60.9 10.8 110.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 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
