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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: SUNFLOWER
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 35,345 3,049 1,509 1,540 529
WHITE 11,437 682 324 358 94
NONWHITE 23,908 2,367 1,185 1,182 435
-------- 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 171 8 63 100 15 0 5 10 156 8 58 90
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 17 1 8 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 28 1 14 13 1 0 0 1 27 1 14 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 8 62 94 9 0 4 5 155 8 58 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 59 0 11 48 2 0 0 2 57 0 11 46
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 63 0 13 50 3 0 0 3 60 0 13 47
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 6 1 1 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 56.1 5.3 105.8 (15-19) 22.0 0.0 41.9 (15-19) 65.9 6.8 125.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.8 125.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.4 125.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 12 1 1 10 4 0 1 3 8 1 0 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 70.2 125.0 15.9 100.0 266.7 . 200.0 300.0 51.3 125.0 0.0 77.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 184 10 64 110 19 0 6 13 165 10 58 97
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 60.3 6.6 113.0 (15-19) 27.8 0.0 53.1 (15-19) 69.7 8.4 131.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
