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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: RANKIN
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 103,176 7,921 3,966 3,955 1,534
WHITE 84,469 6,187 3,084 3,103 1,239
NONWHITE 18,707 1,734 882 852 295
-------- 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 204 3 79 122 148 2 50 96 56 1 29 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 20 2 3 15 13 1 3 9 7 1 0 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 24 1 9 14 16 1 4 11 8 0 5 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 135 3 68 64 82 2 39 41 53 1 29 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 38 0 6 32 22 0 0 22 16 0 6 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 53 0 10 43 37 0 4 33 16 0 6 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 18 1 9 8 10 0 5 5 8 1 4 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.8 0.8 50.8 (15-19) 23.9 0.6 47.0 (15-19) 32.3 1.1 64.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.7 0.0 0.0 24.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 53.6 0.0 0.0 115.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 65 7 16 42 46 6 13 27 19 1 3 15
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 318.6 2333 202.5 344.3 310.8 3000 260.0 281.2 339.3 1000 103.4 576.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 272 10 95 167 194 8 63 123 78 2 32 44
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.3 2.5 66.2 (15-19) 31.4 2.6 59.9 (15-19) 45.0 2.3 89.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
