(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: AMITE
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 13,752 1,071 559 512 165
WHITE 7,200 428 222 206 79
NONWHITE 6,552 643 337 306 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
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 30 0 8 22 4 0 0 4 26 0 8 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 1 0 0 1 7 0 1 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 0 8 19 2 0 0 2 25 0 8 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 28.0 - 58.6 (15-19) 9.3 - 19.4 (15-19) 40.4 - 85.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 66.7 - - 90.9 - - - - 76.9 - - 111.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 100.0 - 125.0 90.9 - - - - 115.4 - 125.0 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 35 0 9 26 4 0 0 4 31 0 9 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 32.7 - 68.4 (15-19) 9.3 - 19.4 (15-19) 48.2 - 101.3 (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
