(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: CHOCTAW
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 9,385 791 409 382 129
WHITE 6,355 491 251 240 83
NONWHITE 3,030 300 158 142 46
-------- 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 26 1 8 17 13 1 1 11 13 0 7 6
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 4 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18 1 7 10 5 1 0 4 13 0 7 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 6 0 0 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.9 2.4 65.4 (15-19) 26.5 4.0 50.0 (15-19) 43.3 - 91.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 38.5 - - 58.8 76.9 - - 90.9 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 153.8 - 250.0 117.6 230.8 - 1000.0 181.8 76.9 - 142.8 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 31 1 10 20 17 1 2 14 14 0 8 6
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.2 2.4 78.5 (15-19) 34.6 4.0 66.7 (15-19) 46.7 - 98.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
