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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: SHARKEY
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 6,875 701 319 382 122
WHITE 1,967 154 75 79 25
NONWHITE 4,908 547 244 303 97
-------- 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 32 1 12 19 2 0 1 1 30 1 11 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 31 1 12 18 1 0 1 0 30 1 11 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 3 11 1 0 1 0 13 0 2 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 3 12 1 0 1 0 14 0 2 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.6 3.1 81.2 (15-19) 13.0 0.0 25.3 (15-19) 54.8 4.1 95.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH 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 INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 156.2 0.0 250.0 105.3 1000 . 2000 0.0 100.0 0.0 90.9 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 37 1 15 21 4 0 3 1 33 1 12 20
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.8 3.1 94.2 (15-19) 26.0 0.0 50.6 (15-19) 60.3 4.1 105.6 (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
