(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: KEMPER
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 10,575 951 392 559 149
WHITE 4,271 252 116 136 32
NONWHITE 6,304 699 276 423 117
-------- 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 32 3 10 19 5 1 0 4 27 2 10 15
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 3 10 17 3 1 0 2 27 2 10 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 1 8 2 0 0 2 7 0 1 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 2 8 2 0 0 2 8 0 2 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.6 7.6 51.9 (15-19) 19.8 8.6 29.4 (15-19) 38.6 7.2 59.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 31.2 333.3 - - - - - - 37.0 500.0 - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 3 0 2 1 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 250.0 - 300.0 263.2 600.0 - - 250.0 185.2 - 100.0 266.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 41 4 13 24 8 1 2 5 33 3 11 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.1 10.2 66.2 (15-19) 31.7 8.6 51.5 (15-19) 47.2 10.9 70.9 (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
