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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: SCOTT
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 24,275 1,926 952 974 421
WHITE 14,612 974 489 485 225
NONWHITE 9,663 952 463 489 196
-------- 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 99 2 41 56 45 0 16 29 54 2 25 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 4 0 1 3 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 8 6 6 0 3 3 8 0 5 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 78 2 37 39 24 0 12 12 54 2 25 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 27 0 10 17 11 0 3 8 16 0 7 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 31 0 10 21 14 0 3 11 17 0 7 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 51.4 2.1 99.6 (15-19) 46.2 0.0 92.8 (15-19) 56.7 4.3 106.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 30.3 500.0 0.0 35.7 44.4 0.0 0.0 34.5 18.5 0.0 0.0 37.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 1 3 4 4 0 1 3 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 80.8 500.0 73.2 71.4 88.9 . 62.5 103.4 74.1 500.0 80.0 37.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 110 4 44 62 51 1 17 33 59 3 27 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 57.1 4.2 108.8 (15-19) 52.4 2.0 103.1 (15-19) 62.0 6.5 114.5 (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
