(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: COPIAH
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 28,944 2,529 1,068 1,461 435
WHITE 13,658 910 411 499 177
NONWHITE 15,286 1,619 657 962 258
-------- 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 99 9 33 57 28 1 6 21 71 8 27 36
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 5 4 5 1 0 0 1 13 5 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 9 32 44 17 1 5 11 68 8 27 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 21 0 5 16 4 0 1 3 17 0 4 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 28 0 5 23 6 0 1 5 22 0 4 18
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.1 8.4 61.6 (15-19) 30.8 2.4 54.1 (15-19) 43.8 12.2 65.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.2 - - 35.1 - - - - 28.2 - - 55.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 21 0 7 14 5 0 2 3 16 0 5 11
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 212.1 - 212.1 245.6 178.6 - 333.3 142.8 225.4 - 185.2 305.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 122 9 40 73 33 1 8 24 89 8 32 49
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.2 8.4 77.3 (15-19) 36.3 2.4 64.1 (15-19) 55.0 12.2 84.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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
