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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: QUITMAN
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 9,470 843 387 456 171
WHITE 3,265 180 81 99 34
NONWHITE 6,205 663 306 357 137
-------- 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 52 2 16 34 7 0 2 5 45 2 14 29
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 6 1 1 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 2 14 31 3 0 0 3 44 2 14 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 3 11 2 0 1 1 12 0 2 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 3 11 2 0 1 1 12 0 2 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 61.7 5.2 109.6 (15-19) 38.9 0.0 70.7 (15-19) 67.9 6.5 120.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.2 0.0 62.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.2 0.0 71.4 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 19.2 500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 22.2 500.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 54 3 17 34 7 0 2 5 47 3 15 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 64.0 7.8 111.8 (15-19) 38.9 0.0 70.7 (15-19) 70.9 9.8 123.2 (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
