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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: WEBSTER
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 10,434 758 380 378 160
WHITE 7,997 525 257 268 110
NONWHITE 2,437 233 123 110 50
-------- 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 34 0 17 17 17 0 9 8 17 0 8 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 25 0 12 13 8 0 4 4 17 0 8 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.8 0.0 89.9 (15-19) 32.4 0.0 63.4 (15-19) 73.0 0.0 154.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 58.8 . 58.8 58.8 58.8 . 111.1 0.0 58.8 . 0.0 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 36 0 18 18 18 0 10 8 18 0 8 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.5 0.0 95.2 (15-19) 34.3 0.0 67.2 (15-19) 77.2 0.0 163.6 (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
