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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: TATE
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 22,352 1,815 834 981 340
WHITE 14,342 1,017 453 564 199
NONWHITE 8,010 798 381 417 141
-------- 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 80 3 27 50 33 0 10 23 47 3 17 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 6 7 4 0 2 2 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 8 11 6 0 3 3 14 1 5 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 3 24 36 16 0 7 9 47 3 17 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 5 14 11 0 2 9 8 0 3 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 8 17 13 0 3 10 12 0 5 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 12 1 3 8 4 0 1 3 8 1 2 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.1 3.6 78.5 (15-19) 32.4 0.0 58.5 (15-19) 58.9 7.9 105.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.5 0.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.3 0.0 58.8 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 81 3 28 50 33 0 10 23 48 3 18 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.6 3.6 79.5 (15-19) 32.4 0.0 58.5 (15-19) 60.2 7.9 107.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 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
