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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: WAYNE
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 19,368 1,677 876 801 313
WHITE 12,109 920 484 436 148
NONWHITE 7,259 757 392 365 165
-------- 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 71 2 26 43 27 1 10 16 44 1 16 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 53 2 20 31 12 1 6 5 41 1 14 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 1 14 4 0 0 4 11 0 1 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 1 15 5 0 0 5 11 0 1 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 4 7 3 0 1 2 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.3 2.3 86.1 (15-19) 29.3 2.1 59.6 (15-19) 58.1 2.6 117.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.1 0.0 38.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.7 0.0 62.5 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 56.3 0.0 115.4 23.2 74.1 0.0 100.0 62.5 45.4 0.0 125.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 76 2 30 44 29 1 11 17 47 1 19 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.3 2.3 92.4 (15-19) 31.5 2.1 64.2 (15-19) 62.1 2.6 126.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
