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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: MARION
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 24,938 2,083 1,034 1,049 397
WHITE 17,023 1,254 639 615 235
NONWHITE 7,915 829 395 434 162
-------- 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 95 3 38 54 47 0 18 29 48 3 20 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 2 7 4 4 0 2 2 9 2 5 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 2 7 1 3 0 2 1 7 2 5 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 3 31 35 24 0 12 12 45 3 19 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 4 15 7 0 1 6 12 0 3 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 4 17 8 0 1 7 13 0 3 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.6 2.9 87.7 (15-19) 37.5 0.0 76.4 (15-19) 57.9 7.6 103.7 (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# 6 1 3 2 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 63.2 333.3 78.9 37.0 63.8 . 111.1 34.5 62.5 333.3 50.0 40.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 101 4 41 56 50 0 20 30 51 4 21 26
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.5 3.9 92.5 (15-19) 39.9 0.0 81.3 (15-19) 61.5 10.1 108.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
