(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: HARRISON
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 177,981 12,365 6,055 6,310 2,866
WHITE 133,624 8,284 4,077 4,207 1,994
NONWHITE 44,357 4,081 1,978 2,103 872
-------- 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 498 7 148 343 323 1 89 233 175 6 59 110
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 33 0 12 21 14 0 6 8 19 0 6 13
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 64 3 27 34 36 0 16 20 28 3 11 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 374 7 127 240 214 1 71 142 160 6 56 98
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 123 0 19 104 72 0 9 63 51 0 10 41
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 158 0 25 133 95 0 12 83 63 0 13 50
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 76 1 24 51 33 0 7 26 43 1 17 25
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.3 1.2 77.8 (15-19) 39.0 0.2 76.5 (15-19) 42.9 3.0 80.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.0 - 13.5 8.7 3.1 - - 4.3 22.8 - 33.9 18.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 70 2 24 44 45 2 15 28 25 0 9 16
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 140.6 285.7 162.2 128.3 139.3 2000 168.5 120.2 142.8 - 152.5 145.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 573 9 174 390 369 3 104 262 204 6 70 128
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.3 1.5 89.4 (15-19) 44.5 0.7 87.0 (15-19) 50.0 3.0 94.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
* 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
