(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: JEFFERSON
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 8,427 749 373 376 114
WHITE 1,104 57 27 30 12
NONWHITE 7,323 692 346 346 102
-------- 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 21 0 11 10 0 0 0 0 21 0 11 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 0 11 10 0 0 0 0 21 0 11 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 28.0 - 55.8 (15-19) - - - (15-19) 30.3 - 60.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 381.0 - 272.7 500.0 - - - - 381.0 - 272.7 500.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 29 0 14 15 0 0 0 0 29 0 14 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.7 - 77.1 (15-19) - - - (15-19) 41.9 - 83.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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
