(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: FORREST
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 74,364 6,008 2,382 3,626 1,076
WHITE 49,062 3,474 1,307 2,167 579
NONWHITE 25,302 2,534 1,075 1,459 497
-------- 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 190 1 76 113 67 0 25 42 123 1 51 71
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 28 0 11 17 7 0 2 5 21 0 9 12
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 41 0 17 24 6 0 2 4 35 0 15 20
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 153 1 67 85 37 0 17 20 116 1 50 65
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 45 0 9 36 14 0 4 10 31 0 5 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 49 0 9 40 16 0 4 12 33 0 5 28
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 20 0 7 13 2 0 0 2 18 0 7 11
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 31.6 0.4 52.1 (15-19) 19.3 - 30.9 (15-19) 48.5 0.9 83.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.3 - - 8.8 - - - - 8.1 - - 14.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 71 2 16 53 48 0 12 36 23 2 4 17
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 373.7 2000.0 210.5 469.0 716.4 - 480.0 857.1 187.0 2000.0 78.4 239.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 262 3 92 167 115 0 37 78 147 3 55 89
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.6 1.2 71.4 (15-19) 33.1 - 53.1 (15-19) 58.0 2.8 98.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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
