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(HSVSTEEN)
                                                  TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1997

COUNTY: MADISON

                  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            68,174       5,278       2,720       2,558      1,144
WHITE            39,897       2,554       1,371       1,183        608
NONWHITE         28,277       2,724       1,349       1,375        536



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                               163       4     74     85      18       0      6     12     145       4     68     73
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                       15       0      5     10       0       0      0      0      15       0      5     10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                      27       0     12     15       1       0      0      1      26       0     12     14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                  148       4     70     74       9       0      3      6     139       4     67     68
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS            35       0      3     32       4       0      0      4      31       0      3     28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES            40       0      6     34       6       0      1      5      34       0      5     29
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE          11       0      5      6       0       0      0      0      11       0      5      6

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      30.9     1.5   62.2 (15-19)    7.0     0.0   15.2 (15-19)   53.2     3.0  102.5 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         2       0      2      0       0       0      0      0       2       0      2      0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                   12.3     0.0   27.0    0.0     0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0    13.8     0.0   29.4    0.0

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                 42       3     21     18      21       0     13      8      21       3      8     10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO          257.7   750.0  283.8  211.8    1167      .    2167  666.7   144.8   750.0  117.6  137.0

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                         207       7     97    103      39       0     19     20     168       7     78     83
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      39.2     2.6   78.2 (15-19)   15.3     0.0   33.0 (15-19)   61.7     5.2  117.1 (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

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