(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: JONES
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 63,461 4,852 2,292 2,560 904
WHITE 46,151 3,118 1,468 1,650 538
NONWHITE 17,310 1,734 824 910 366
-------- 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 217 4 69 144 100 2 29 69 117 2 40 75
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 29 0 9 20 11 0 5 6 18 0 4 14
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 37 0 11 26 14 0 4 10 23 0 7 16
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 3 54 99 40 1 14 25 116 2 40 74
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 57 0 11 46 21 0 2 19 36 0 9 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 72 0 16 56 29 0 5 24 43 0 11 32
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 17 0 4 13 4 0 0 4 13 0 4 9
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.7 1.7 83.2 (15-19) 32.1 1.4 59.4 (15-19) 67.5 2.4 126.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.4 - 29.0 13.9 10.0 - - 14.5 25.6 - 50.0 13.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 20 2 9 9 8 0 5 3 12 2 4 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 92.2 500.0 130.4 62.5 80.0 - 172.4 43.5 102.6 1000.0 100.0 80.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 241 6 80 155 109 2 34 73 132 4 46 82
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 49.7 2.6 91.8 (15-19) 35.0 1.4 64.8 (15-19) 76.1 4.8 140.6 (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
