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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: YAZOO
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 25,134 2,294 1,146 1,148 451
WHITE 11,240 796 392 404 144
NONWHITE 13,894 1,498 754 744 307
-------- 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 128 5 60 63 15 0 5 10 113 5 55 53
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 17 0 9 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 30 1 16 13 0 0 0 0 30 1 16 13
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 123 5 59 59 11 0 4 7 112 5 55 52
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 39 0 13 26 3 0 1 2 36 0 12 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 43 0 13 30 4 0 1 3 39 0 12 27
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 10 0 6 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 55.8 4.4 107.1 (15-19) 18.8 0.0 37.1 (15-19) 75.4 6.6 145.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 46.9 600.0 50.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 200.0 0.0 44.2 600.0 36.4 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 21 3 8 10 6 0 3 3 15 3 5 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 164.1 600.0 133.3 158.7 400.0 . 600.0 300.0 132.7 600.0 90.9 132.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 155 11 71 73 22 0 9 13 133 11 62 60
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 67.6 9.6 125.4 (15-19) 27.6 0.0 54.4 (15-19) 88.8 14.6 164.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
