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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: OKTIBBEHA
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 38,994 3,468 1,204 2,264 536
WHITE 24,015 1,911 490 1,421 240
NONWHITE 14,979 1,557 714 843 296
-------- 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 71 1 34 36 14 0 4 10 57 1 30 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 4 8 1 0 0 1 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 62 1 31 30 5 0 1 4 57 1 30 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 4 14 3 0 0 3 15 0 4 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 4 17 4 0 0 4 17 0 4 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 16 0 8 8 2 0 1 1 14 0 7 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 20.5 0.8 30.9 (15-19) 7.3 0.0 9.8 (15-19) 36.6 1.4 66.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 28.2 0.0 29.4 27.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 35.1 0.0 33.3 38.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 31 1 7 23 15 0 2 13 15 1 4 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 436.6 1000 205.9 638.9 1071 . 500.0 1300 263.2 1000 133.3 384.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 104 2 42 60 29 0 6 23 74 2 35 37
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 30.0 1.7 45.0 (15-19) 15.2 0.0 20.4 (15-19) 47.5 2.8 85.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
