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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: UNION
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 23,429 1,697 791 906 360
WHITE 19,750 1,374 651 723 286
NONWHITE 3,679 323 140 183 74
-------- 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 62 1 23 38 40 1 14 25 22 0 9 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 1 4 7 7 1 1 5 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 1 2 12 11 1 1 9 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 1 13 21 14 1 5 8 21 0 8 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 6 0 2 4 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 4 10 11 0 3 8 3 0 1 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.5 1.3 67.3 (15-19) 29.1 1.5 53.9 (15-19) 68.1 0.0 120.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.1 0.0 0.0 26.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.4 0.0 0.0 76.9
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# 63 1 23 39 40 1 14 25 23 0 9 14
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.1 1.3 68.4 (15-19) 29.1 1.5 53.9 (15-19) 71.2 0.0 125.7 (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
