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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: TALLAHATCHIE
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 14,087 1,320 661 659 222
WHITE 5,041 322 167 155 64
NONWHITE 9,046 998 494 504 158
-------- 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 66 2 24 40 7 0 3 4 59 2 21 36
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 11 1 3 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 60 2 21 37 3 0 0 3 57 2 21 34
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 3 0 1 2 12 0 1 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 4 17 3 0 1 2 18 0 3 15
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.0 3.0 97.1 (15-19) 21.7 0.0 45.2 (15-19) 59.1 4.0 113.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 30.3 0.0 41.7 25.0 142.8 0.0 333.3 0.0 16.9 0.0 0.0 27.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 45.4 500.0 0.0 50.0 142.8 . 0.0 250.0 33.9 500.0 0.0 27.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 71 3 25 43 9 0 4 5 62 3 21 38
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.8 4.5 103.2 (15-19) 28.0 0.0 58.1 (15-19) 62.1 6.1 117.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 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
