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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
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 25,020 1,817 904 913 347
WHITE 20,971 1,416 735 681 282
NONWHITE 4,049 401 169 232 65
-------- 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 64 4 18 42 54 2 15 37 10 2 3 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 2 1 4 6 1 1 4 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 4 3 7 9 2 2 5 5 2 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 32 4 13 15 23 2 10 11 9 2 3 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 0 15 12 0 0 12 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 18 0 1 17 14 0 0 14 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.2 4.4 65.7 (15-19) 38.1 2.7 76.4 (15-19) 24.9 11.8 34.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.6 0.0 0.0 23.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 200.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION 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 PREGNANCIES# 65 4 18 43 54 2 15 37 11 2 3 6
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.8 4.4 66.8 (15-19) 38.1 2.7 76.4 (15-19) 27.4 11.8 38.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
