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(HSVSTEEN)
                                                  TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1997

COUNTY: WILKINSON

                  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             9,041         802         418         384        110
WHITE             2,480         160          73          87         24
NONWHITE          6,561         642         345         297         86



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                                17       0     11      6       1       0      1      0      16       0     10      6
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        2       0      1      1       0       0      0      0       2       0      1      1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                       3       0      1      2       0       0      0      0       3       0      1      2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   17       0     11      6       1       0      1      0      16       0     10      6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS             4       0      2      2       0       0      0      0       4       0      2      2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES             4       0      2      2       0       0      0      0       4       0      2      2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           4       0      1      3       1       0      1      0       3       0      0      3

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      21.2     0.0   44.3 (15-19)    6.2     0.0   11.5 (15-19)   24.9     0.0   53.9 (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       1      0      1       0       0      0      0       2       1      0      1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO          117.6      .     0.0  166.7     0.0      .     0.0    0.0   125.0      .     0.0  166.7

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          19       1     11      7       1       0      1      0      18       1     10      7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      23.7     2.4   46.9 (15-19)    6.2     0.0   11.5 (15-19)   28.0     2.9   57.2 (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

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