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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: SMITH
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 14,813 1,119 565 554 190
WHITE 11,379 773 382 391 133
NONWHITE 3,434 346 183 163 57
-------- 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 40 1 18 21 25 1 12 12 15 0 6 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 3 2 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 28 1 12 15 14 1 6 7 14 0 6 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 5 0 1 4 2 0 1 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 2 8 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.7 1.8 70.4 (15-19) 32.3 2.6 61.4 (15-19) 43.4 0.0 92.0 (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# 4 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 100.0 1000 55.6 95.2 80.0 0.0 83.3 83.3 133.3 . 0.0 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 44 2 19 23 27 1 13 13 17 1 6 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.3 3.5 75.8 (15-19) 34.9 2.6 66.5 (15-19) 49.1 5.5 98.2 (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
