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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: PERRY
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 11,321 957 479 478 200
WHITE 8,615 681 349 332 139
NONWHITE 2,706 276 130 146 61
-------- 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 41 2 13 26 30 0 11 19 11 2 2 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 6 3 7 0 5 2 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 25 2 10 13 14 0 8 6 11 2 2 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 2 11 10 0 1 9 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 3 12 12 0 2 10 3 0 1 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.8 4.2 81.6 (15-19) 44.0 0.0 90.4 (15-19) 39.8 15.4 61.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 48.8 0.0 0.0 76.9 66.7 . 0.0 105.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 43 2 13 28 32 0 11 21 11 2 2 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.9 4.2 85.8 (15-19) 47.0 0.0 96.4 (15-19) 39.8 15.4 61.6 (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
