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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: MONROE
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 36,514 2,792 1,407 1,385 456
WHITE 24,937 1,717 890 827 292
NONWHITE 11,577 1,075 517 558 164
-------- 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 86 2 27 57 39 1 9 29 47 1 18 28
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 3 9 5 0 1 4 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 0 4 12 6 0 2 4 10 0 2 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 65 2 21 42 18 1 3 14 47 1 18 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 1 17 8 0 1 7 10 0 0 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 3 18 10 0 2 8 11 0 1 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.8 1.4 60.6 (15-19) 22.7 1.1 45.9 (15-19) 43.7 1.9 82.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.6 0.0 0.0 17.5 25.6 0.0 0.0 34.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 2 4 3 3 0 2 1 6 2 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 104.6 1000 148.1 52.6 76.9 0.0 222.2 34.5 127.7 2000 111.1 71.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 96 4 31 61 43 1 11 31 53 3 20 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.4 2.8 66.4 (15-19) 25.0 1.1 50.8 (15-19) 49.3 5.8 89.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
* 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
