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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: PIKE
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 37,321 3,170 1,537 1,633 579
WHITE 19,565 1,303 624 679 250
NONWHITE 17,756 1,867 913 954 329
-------- 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 129 4 45 80 34 1 12 21 95 3 33 59
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 1 5 9 0 0 0 0 15 1 5 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 10 9 2 0 2 0 18 1 8 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 113 4 40 69 20 1 8 11 93 3 32 58
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 32 0 4 28 8 0 1 7 24 0 3 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 40 0 4 36 10 0 1 9 30 0 3 27
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 20 1 6 13 1 0 0 1 19 1 6 12
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.7 2.6 76.5 (15-19) 26.1 1.6 48.6 (15-19) 50.9 3.3 96.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.2 0.0 22.2 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.6 0.0 30.3 33.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 18 0 9 9 6 0 3 3 12 0 6 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 139.5 0.0 200.0 112.5 176.5 0.0 250.0 142.8 126.3 0.0 181.8 101.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 150 4 55 91 40 1 15 24 110 3 40 67
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.3 2.6 89.4 (15-19) 30.7 1.6 57.4 (15-19) 58.9 3.3 112.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
* 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
