(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: ALCORN
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 32,716 2,300 1,130 1,170 460
WHITE 28,607 1,901 938 963 388
NONWHITE 4,109 399 192 207 72
-------- 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 93 3 28 62 74 3 21 50 19 0 7 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 4 8 6 1 1 4 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 6 6 8 1 4 3 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 3 15 28 28 3 9 16 18 0 6 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 29 0 4 25 20 0 3 17 9 0 1 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 31 0 4 27 22 0 3 19 9 0 1 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.4 2.6 76.9 (15-19) 38.9 3.2 73.7 (15-19) 47.6 - 91.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 93 3 28 62 74 3 21 50 19 0 7 12
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.4 2.6 76.9 (15-19) 38.9 3.2 73.7 (15-19) 47.6 - 91.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
