(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: GEORGE
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 19,645 1,601 767 834 365
WHITE 17,531 1,386 662 724 319
NONWHITE 2,114 215 105 110 46
-------- 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 73 0 25 48 57 0 18 39 16 0 7 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 5 0 0 5 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 0 6 10 11 0 4 7 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 0 20 21 25 0 13 12 16 0 7 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 4 13 15 0 4 11 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 4 19 20 0 4 16 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.6 - 87.5 (15-19) 41.1 - 78.7 (15-19) 74.4 - 145.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 27.4 - 40.0 20.8 35.1 - 55.6 25.6 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 13.7 - - 20.8 17.5 - - 25.6 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 76 0 26 50 60 0 19 41 16 0 7 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.5 - 91.1 (15-19) 43.3 - 82.9 (15-19) 74.4 - 145.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 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
