(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: BOLIVAR
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 40,318 3,909 1,689 2,220 689
WHITE 14,045 1,108 460 648 161
NONWHITE 26,273 2,801 1,229 1,572 528
-------- 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 206 10 83 113 25 0 8 17 181 10 75 96
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 29 2 9 18 3 0 1 2 26 2 8 16
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 41 2 8 31 3 0 0 3 38 2 8 28
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 192 10 82 100 14 0 7 7 178 10 75 93
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 54 0 10 44 4 0 1 3 50 0 9 41
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 67 0 14 53 6 0 1 5 61 0 13 48
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 2 4 7 0 0 0 0 13 2 4 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 52.7 5.9 88.3 (15-19) 22.6 - 38.6 (15-19) 64.6 8.1 108.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.7 - 12.0 8.8 - - - - 11.0 - 13.3 10.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 3 5 8 7 0 3 4 9 3 2 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 77.7 300.0 60.2 70.8 280.0 - 375.0 235.3 49.7 300.0 26.7 41.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 224 13 89 122 32 0 11 21 192 13 78 101
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 57.3 7.7 95.0 (15-19) 28.9 - 49.4 (15-19) 68.5 10.6 113.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
* 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
