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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: WALTHALL
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 14,094 1,267 594 673 221
WHITE 7,807 562 255 307 86
NONWHITE 6,287 705 339 366 135
-------- 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 52 0 18 34 16 0 6 10 36 0 12 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 0 16 22 7 0 5 2 31 0 11 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 1 10 2 0 0 2 9 0 1 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 1 11 2 0 0 2 10 0 1 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.0 0.0 77.3 (15-19) 28.5 0.0 52.1 (15-19) 51.1 0.0 98.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 38.5 0.0 55.6 29.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 55.6 0.0 83.3 41.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 19.2 . 0.0 29.4 62.5 . 0.0 100.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 55 0 19 36 17 0 6 11 38 0 13 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.4 0.0 81.7 (15-19) 30.2 0.0 55.4 (15-19) 53.9 0.0 103.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
* 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
