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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: NEWTON
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 21,630 1,654 785 869 317
WHITE 14,434 960 464 496 177
NONWHITE 7,196 694 321 373 140
-------- 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 57 2 20 35 19 0 3 16 38 2 17 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 5 6 4 0 0 4 7 0 5 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 34 2 16 16 1 0 0 1 33 2 16 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 6 14 8 0 1 7 12 0 5 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 7 17 9 0 1 8 15 0 6 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.5 2.5 63.3 (15-19) 19.8 0.0 38.3 (15-19) 54.8 6.2 96.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 35.1 0.0 50.0 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.6 0.0 58.8 52.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 11 1 5 5 6 0 3 3 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 193.0 500.0 250.0 142.8 315.8 . 1000 187.5 131.6 500.0 117.6 105.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 70 3 26 41 25 0 6 19 45 3 20 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.3 3.8 77.1 (15-19) 26.0 0.0 50.4 (15-19) 64.8 9.3 112.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 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
