(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: CALHOUN
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 14,822 1,023 489 534 202
WHITE 10,541 617 310 307 133
NONWHITE 4,281 406 179 227 69
-------- 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 43 3 17 23 23 1 6 16 20 2 11 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 5 1 3 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 3 16 16 15 1 5 9 20 2 11 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 3 8 5 0 0 5 6 0 3 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 4 9 6 0 0 6 7 0 4 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.0 6.1 74.9 (15-19) 37.3 3.2 71.7 (15-19) 49.3 11.2 79.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.2 - 58.8 - 43.5 - 166.7 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 44 3 18 23 24 1 7 16 20 2 11 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.0 6.1 76.8 (15-19) 38.9 3.2 74.9 (15-19) 49.3 11.2 79.3 (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
