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(HSVSTEEN)                                        TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1998

COUNTY: GREENE

                  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            11,766         942         478         464        159
WHITE             8,869         665         343         322        124
NONWHITE          2,897         277         135         142         35



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                                27       0      9     18      19       0      6     13       8       0      3      5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        6       0      4      2       4       0      3      1       2       0      1      1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                       8       0      4      4       6       0      3      3       2       0      1      1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   15       0      5     10       8       0      2      6       7       0      3      4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS             6       0      1      5       3       0      0      3       3       0      1      2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES             7       0      2      5       4       0      1      3       3       0      1      2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           2       0      1      1       0       0      0      0       2       0      1      1

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      28.7       -   58.2 (15-19)   28.6       -   59.0 (15-19)   28.9       -   56.3 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                      -       -      -      -       -       -      -      -       -       -      -      -

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                  2       0      1      1       1       0      1      0       1       0      0      1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           74.1       -  111.1   55.6    52.6       -  166.7      -   125.0       -      -  200.0

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          29       0     10     19      20       0      7     13       9       0      3      6
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      30.8       -   62.5 (15-19)   30.1       -   62.1 (15-19)   32.5       -   63.4 (15-19)

INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS               1       0      0      1       1       0      0      1       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

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