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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: PEARL RIVER
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 41,866 3,273 1,628 1,645 611
WHITE 35,198 2,608 1,297 1,311 512
NONWHITE 6,668 665 331 334 99
-------- 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 139 4 42 93 106 2 33 71 33 2 9 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 1 7 7 10 0 5 5 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 19 3 4 12 11 1 2 8 8 2 2 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 89 4 34 51 56 2 25 29 33 2 9 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 40 0 3 37 31 0 3 28 9 0 0 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 49 0 8 41 36 0 7 29 13 0 1 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 3 4 5 0 2 3 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.5 2.4 82.1 (15-19) 40.6 1.5 79.3 (15-19) 49.6 6.0 92.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.4 0.0 47.6 0.0 18.9 0.0 60.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 7.2 0.0 23.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.3 0.0 111.1 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 142 4 45 93 108 2 35 71 34 2 10 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.4 2.4 83.9 (15-19) 41.4 1.5 80.8 (15-19) 51.1 6.0 95.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
