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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: PANOLA
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 33,738 2,911 1,467 1,444 548
WHITE 17,547 1,175 582 593 206
NONWHITE 16,191 1,736 885 851 342
-------- 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 143 3 62 78 40 0 20 20 103 3 42 58
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 0 10 11 1 0 1 0 20 0 9 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 24 0 11 13 4 0 3 1 20 0 8 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 112 3 47 62 13 0 6 7 99 3 41 55
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 38 0 8 30 8 0 1 7 30 0 7 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 48 0 13 35 13 0 3 10 35 0 10 25
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.1 2.0 97.0 (15-19) 34.0 0.0 67.4 (15-19) 59.3 3.4 117.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.0 0.0 16.1 25.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.1 0.0 23.8 34.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 28.0 0.0 16.1 38.5 75.0 . 50.0 100.0 9.7 0.0 0.0 17.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 150 3 64 83 43 0 21 22 107 3 43 61
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.5 2.0 101.8 (15-19) 36.6 0.0 72.5 (15-19) 61.6 3.4 122.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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
