(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: ITAWAMBA
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 21,072 1,615 652 963 242
WHITE 19,400 1,429 579 850 225
NONWHITE 1,672 186 73 113 17
-------- 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 39 1 10 28 35 1 9 25 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 15 1 6 8 11 1 5 5 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 1 10 9 0 1 8 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 2 13 13 0 2 11 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 24.1 1.5 39.5 (15-19) 24.5 1.7 40.0 (15-19) 21.5 - 35.4 (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 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 102.6 - 100.0 107.1 85.7 - 111.1 80.0 250.0 - - 333.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 43 1 11 31 38 1 10 27 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.6 1.5 43.6 (15-19) 26.6 1.7 43.5 (15-19) 26.9 - 44.2 (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
