(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: DESOTO
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 96,897 7,162 3,540 3,622 1,570
WHITE 82,754 5,876 2,886 2,990 1,356
NONWHITE 14,143 1,286 654 632 214
-------- 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 212 3 82 127 162 0 61 101 50 3 21 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 20 0 7 13 11 0 3 8 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 29 0 13 16 19 0 8 11 10 0 5 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 144 3 69 72 97 0 49 48 47 3 20 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 44 0 9 35 29 0 5 24 15 0 4 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 59 0 14 45 40 0 9 31 19 0 5 14
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 0 4 10 10 0 4 6 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 29.6 0.8 57.7 (15-19) 27.6 - 54.2 (15-19) 38.9 4.6 74.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.7 - - 7.9 6.2 - - 9.9 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 28.3 333.3 24.4 23.6 24.7 - 32.8 19.8 40.0 333.3 - 38.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 219 4 84 131 167 0 63 104 52 4 21 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 30.6 1.1 59.4 (15-19) 28.4 - 55.8 (15-19) 40.4 6.1 75.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
* 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
