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TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
COUNTY: ADAMS
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 35,979 2,939 1,502 1,437 479
WHITE 17,982 1,248 653 595 185
NONWHITE 17,997 1,691 849 842 294
-------- 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 97 4 34 59 30 0 7 23 67 4 27 36
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 8 6 4 0 1 3 10 0 7 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 10 1 4 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 77 4 31 42 12 0 4 8 65 4 27 34
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 3 17 4 0 0 4 16 0 3 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 29 0 7 22 6 0 0 6 23 0 7 16
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.0 2.7 64.7 (15-19) 24.0 0.0 50.4 (15-19) 39.6 4.7 74.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.6 0.0 0.0 33.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.8 0.0 0.0 55.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 0 8 8 1 0 0 1 15 0 8 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 164.9 0.0 235.3 135.6 33.3 . 0.0 43.5 223.9 0.0 296.3 194.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 115 4 42 69 31 0 7 24 84 4 35 45
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.1 2.7 77.2 (15-19) 24.8 0.0 52.1 (15-19) 49.7 4.7 95.0 (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
