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(HSVSTEEN)
                                                  TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1997

COUNTY: STONE

                  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            12,318         970         436         534        209
WHITE             9,479         681         298         383        163
NONWHITE          2,839         289         138         151         46



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                                37       0     14     23      26       0      9     17      11       0      5      6
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        5       0      2      3       5       0      2      3       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                       3       0      1      2       2       0      0      2       1       0      1      0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   26       0     12     14      15       0      7      8      11       0      5      6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS             8       0      3      5       3       0      1      2       5       0      2      3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES            11       0      3      8       6       0      1      5       5       0      2      3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           2       0      2      0       1       0      1      0       1       0      1      0

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      38.1     0.0   69.3 (15-19)   38.2     0.0   67.9 (15-19)   38.1     0.0   72.8 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         1       0      0      1       0       0      0      0       1       0      0      1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                   27.0     0.0    0.0   43.5     0.0     0.0    0.0    0.0    90.9     0.0    0.0  166.7

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                  5       0      1      4       3       0      0      3       2       0      1      1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO          135.1      .    71.4  173.9   115.4      .     0.0  176.5   181.8      .   200.0  166.7

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          43       0     15     28      29       0      9     20      14       0      6      8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      44.3     0.0   80.5 (15-19)   42.6     0.0   75.7 (15-19)   48.4     0.0   92.7 (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

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