(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: JACKSON
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 130,910 10,232 5,073 5,159 1,862
WHITE 99,974 7,026 3,477 3,549 1,308
NONWHITE 30,936 3,206 1,596 1,610 554
-------- 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 351 6 111 234 212 2 66 144 139 4 45 90
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 28 1 6 21 13 0 3 10 15 1 3 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 45 1 11 33 25 0 4 21 20 1 7 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 263 6 97 160 132 2 53 77 131 4 44 83
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 81 0 12 69 46 0 7 39 35 0 5 30
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 100 1 13 86 58 0 7 51 42 1 6 35
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 35 2 12 21 14 0 7 7 21 2 5 14
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.3 1.2 66.9 (15-19) 30.2 0.6 59.2 (15-19) 43.4 2.5 83.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.4 - 9.0 12.8 14.2 - 15.2 13.9 7.2 - - 11.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 86 2 35 49 45 1 21 23 41 1 14 26
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 245.0 333.3 315.3 209.4 212.3 500.0 318.2 159.7 295.0 250.0 311.1 288.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 441 8 147 286 260 3 88 169 181 5 59 117
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.1 1.6 83.9 (15-19) 37.0 0.9 72.4 (15-19) 56.4 3.1 109.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
* 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
