(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: JASPER
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 17,672 1,462 744 718 309
WHITE 8,269 495 237 258 106
NONWHITE 9,403 967 507 460 203
-------- 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 61 0 17 44 17 0 2 15 44 0 15 29
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 3 9 1 0 0 1 11 0 3 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 3 4 2 0 0 2 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 0 17 31 6 0 2 4 42 0 15 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 1 12 2 0 0 2 11 0 1 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 1 15 2 0 0 2 14 0 1 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.7 - 85.0 (15-19) 34.3 - 65.9 (15-19) 45.5 - 95.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 32.8 - 58.8 22.7 - - - - 45.4 - 66.7 34.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 98.4 - 176.5 68.2 58.8 - - 66.7 113.6 - 200.0 69.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 69 0 21 48 18 0 2 16 51 0 19 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.2 - 96.1 (15-19) 36.4 - 69.8 (15-19) 52.7 - 110.9 (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
