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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: SIMPSON
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 23,936 1,928 938 990 335
WHITE 15,824 1,134 538 596 203
NONWHITE 8,112 794 400 394 132
-------- 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 75 2 32 41 46 1 16 29 29 1 16 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 7 0 1 6 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 6 0 3 3 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 2 23 23 22 1 8 13 26 1 15 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 7 9 10 0 3 7 6 0 4 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 7 10 11 0 3 8 6 0 4 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.9 2.1 73.7 (15-19) 40.6 1.8 75.5 (15-19) 36.5 2.5 71.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.3 0.0 0.0 24.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.5 0.0 0.0 83.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 106.7 0.0 93.8 122.0 65.2 0.0 0.0 103.4 172.4 0.0 187.5 166.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 84 2 35 47 49 1 16 32 35 1 19 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.6 2.1 82.8 (15-19) 43.2 1.8 80.5 (15-19) 44.1 2.5 86.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
