(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: ATTALA
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 18,404 1,378 647 731 259
WHITE 10,642 656 322 334 144
NONWHITE 7,762 722 325 397 115
-------- 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 48 1 18 29 23 0 9 14 25 1 9 15
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 8 1 4 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 1 13 21 10 0 4 6 25 1 9 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 8 0 0 8 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.8 1.5 64.3 (15-19) 35.1 - 68.9 (15-19) 34.6 3.1 60.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 0 4 5 5 0 2 3 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 187.5 - 222.2 172.4 217.4 - 222.2 214.3 160.0 - 222.2 133.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 57 1 22 34 28 0 11 17 29 1 11 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.4 1.5 76.6 (15-19) 42.7 - 83.8 (15-19) 40.2 3.1 70.5 (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
