(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: COVINGTON
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 17,802 1,457 721 736 320
WHITE 11,116 735 365 370 177
NONWHITE 6,686 722 356 366 143
-------- 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 77 0 35 42 38 0 17 21 39 0 18 21
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 3 0 0 3 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 5 0 1 4 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 59 0 29 30 22 0 11 11 37 0 18 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 3 12 4 0 1 3 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 5 14 8 0 3 5 11 0 2 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 3 4 2 0 1 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 52.8 - 104.6 (15-19) 51.7 - 102.7 (15-19) 54.0 - 106.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 0 3 10 5 0 1 4 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 168.8 - 85.7 238.1 131.6 - 58.8 190.5 205.1 - 111.1 285.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 90 0 38 52 43 0 18 25 47 0 20 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 61.8 - 122.3 (15-19) 58.5 - 116.2 (15-19) 65.1 - 128.4 (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
