(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: JEFF DAVIS
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 13,860 1,169 573 596 223
WHITE 5,944 367 164 203 69
NONWHITE 7,916 802 409 393 154
-------- 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 77 2 30 45 17 0 7 10 60 2 23 35
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 3 4 2 0 0 2 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 9 0 6 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 2 28 33 7 0 5 2 56 2 23 31
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 4 12 3 0 0 3 13 0 4 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 6 13 4 0 1 3 15 0 5 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 65.9 3.5 125.8 (15-19) 46.3 - 83.7 (15-19) 74.8 4.9 147.6 (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 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 51.9 - 66.7 44.4 58.8 - 142.8 - 50.0 - 43.5 57.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 81 2 32 47 18 0 8 10 63 2 24 37
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 69.3 3.5 132.6 (15-19) 49.0 - 88.7 (15-19) 78.6 4.9 155.2 (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
