(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: CLAY
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 21,637 1,856 868 988 355
WHITE 9,581 608 304 304 106
NONWHITE 12,056 1,248 564 684 249
-------- 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 76 4 28 44 13 0 3 10 63 4 25 34
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 14 2 6 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 4 27 38 7 0 2 5 62 4 25 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 4 0 0 4 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 4 15 5 0 1 4 14 0 3 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 1 4 8 0 0 0 0 13 1 4 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.9 4.6 72.9 (15-19) 21.4 - 42.8 (15-19) 50.5 7.1 86.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.2 - 35.7 - - - - - 15.9 - 40.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 12 0 3 9 1 0 0 1 11 0 3 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 157.9 - 107.1 204.5 76.9 - - 100.0 174.6 - 120.0 235.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 89 4 32 53 14 0 3 11 75 4 29 42
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.0 4.6 86.0 (15-19) 23.0 - 46.0 (15-19) 60.1 7.1 103.8 (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
