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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: NESHOBA
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 26,934 2,156 1,030 1,126 423
WHITE 18,182 1,270 603 667 233
NONWHITE 8,752 886 427 459 190
-------- 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 88 2 36 50 43 0 17 26 45 2 19 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 7 0 3 4 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 8 7 7 0 4 3 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 2 30 31 24 0 12 12 39 2 18 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 3 16 7 0 1 6 12 0 2 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 4 17 8 0 1 7 13 0 3 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.8 1.9 76.4 (15-19) 33.8 0.0 64.5 (15-19) 50.8 4.7 93.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 22.7 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.4 0.0 0.0 83.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 11 1 5 5 7 0 4 3 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 125.0 500.0 138.9 100.0 162.8 . 235.3 115.4 88.9 500.0 52.6 83.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 101 3 41 57 50 0 21 29 51 3 20 28
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.8 2.9 87.0 (15-19) 39.4 0.0 75.0 (15-19) 57.6 7.0 104.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
