(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: GRENADA
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 22,427 1,727 854 873 343
WHITE 12,524 816 416 400 174
NONWHITE 9,903 911 438 473 169
-------- 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 67 3 29 35 27 0 11 16 40 3 18 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 6 9 4 0 2 2 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 0 9 7 5 0 4 1 11 0 5 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 54 3 24 27 14 0 6 8 40 3 18 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 2 12 3 0 1 2 11 0 1 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 3 14 5 0 1 4 12 0 2 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 8 1 1 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.8 3.5 73.3 (15-19) 33.1 - 67.5 (15-19) 43.9 6.8 78.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.9 - - 28.6 - - - - 25.0 - - 52.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 74.6 - 34.5 114.3 74.1 - - 125.0 75.0 - 55.6 105.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 73 3 30 40 29 0 11 18 44 3 19 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.3 3.5 80.2 (15-19) 35.5 - 72.5 (15-19) 48.3 6.8 86.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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
