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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: KEMPER
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 10,554 850 421 429 117
WHITE 4,284 273 144 129 28
NONWHITE 6,270 577 277 300 89
-------- 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 26 1 8 17 5 0 2 3 21 1 6 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 7 1 2 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 22 1 7 14 2 0 1 1 20 1 6 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.6 2.4 58.3 (15-19) 18.3 0.0 38.8 (15-19) 36.4 3.6 66.7 (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# 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 153.8 0.0 0.0 235.3 200.0 . 0.0 333.3 142.8 0.0 0.0 214.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 30 1 8 21 6 0 2 4 24 1 6 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.3 2.4 67.6 (15-19) 22.0 0.0 46.5 (15-19) 41.6 3.6 76.7 (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
