(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: HANCOCK
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 40,327 2,744 1,416 1,328 458
WHITE 35,988 2,341 1,218 1,123 419
NONWHITE 4,339 403 198 205 39
-------- 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 78 0 29 49 72 0 26 46 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 0 19 32 46 0 16 30 5 0 3 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 1 11 11 0 1 10 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 3 12 14 0 3 11 1 0 0 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 4 6 8 0 3 5 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 28.4 - 58.7 (15-19) 30.8 - 64.1 (15-19) 14.9 - 29.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 51.3 - 34.5 40.8 55.6 - 38.5 43.5 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 82 1 30 51 76 1 27 48 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 29.9 0.7 61.0 (15-19) 32.5 0.8 66.8 (15-19) 14.9 - 29.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
