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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
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 70,411 6,466 3,245 3,221 1,159
WHITE 28,501 1,996 989 1,007 257
NONWHITE 41,910 4,470 2,256 2,214 902
-------- 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 348 15 157 176 36 2 12 22 312 13 145 154
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 54 5 25 24 4 2 1 1 50 3 24 23
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 80 7 37 36 7 1 2 4 73 6 35 32
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 334 14 156 164 26 1 12 13 308 13 144 151
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 94 1 26 67 4 0 2 2 90 1 24 65
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 102 1 29 72 5 0 3 2 97 1 26 70
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 36 2 19 15 1 0 1 0 35 2 18 15
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.8 4.6 103.4 (15-19) 18.0 2.0 33.8 (15-19) 69.8 5.8 135.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 8 0 2 6 1 0 0 1 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.0 0.0 12.7 34.1 27.8 0.0 0.0 45.4 22.4 0.0 13.8 32.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 32 1 12 19 12 1 4 7 20 0 8 12
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 92.0 66.7 76.4 108.0 333.3 500.0 333.3 318.2 64.1 0.0 55.2 77.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 388 16 171 201 49 3 16 30 339 13 155 171
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 60.0 4.9 115.5 (15-19) 24.5 3.0 45.7 (15-19) 75.8 5.8 147.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 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
