(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: CHICKASAW
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 18,013 1,377 681 696 310
WHITE 10,588 677 337 340 186
NONWHITE 7,425 700 344 356 124
-------- 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 71 1 31 39 36 0 14 22 35 1 17 17
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 5 4 4 0 3 1 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 50 1 26 23 16 0 9 7 34 1 17 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 7 13 8 0 3 5 12 0 4 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 7 16 10 0 3 7 13 0 4 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 51.6 1.5 100.6 (15-19) 53.2 - 105.9 (15-19) 50.0 2.9 95.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.1 - 32.2 - - - - - 28.6 - 58.8 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 56.3 - - 102.6 27.8 - - 45.4 85.7 - - 176.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 76 1 32 43 37 0 14 23 39 1 18 20
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.2 1.5 107.8 (15-19) 54.6 - 108.8 (15-19) 55.7 2.9 106.7 (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
