(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: MADISON
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 72,857 5,337 2,606 2,731 1,243
WHITE 38,452 1,919 1,046 873 661
NONWHITE 34,405 3,418 1,560 1,858 582
-------- 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 170 15 61 94 21 0 6 15 149 15 55 79
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 24 3 4 17 1 0 0 1 23 3 4 16
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 37 3 12 22 1 0 0 1 36 3 12 21
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 15 59 82 12 0 4 8 144 15 55 74
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 46 0 6 40 3 0 0 3 43 0 6 37
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 55 0 9 46 6 0 0 6 49 0 9 40
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 21 3 7 11 1 0 0 1 20 3 7 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 31.8 5.8 56.8 (15-19) 10.9 - 24.0 (15-19) 43.6 9.6 72.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.6 - - 31.9 47.6 - - 66.7 13.4 - - 25.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 51 1 15 35 24 0 10 14 27 1 5 21
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 300.0 66.7 245.9 372.3 1142.8 - 1666.7 933.3 181.2 66.7 90.9 265.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 224 16 76 132 46 0 16 30 178 16 60 102
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.0 6.1 76.2 (15-19) 24.0 - 52.7 (15-19) 52.1 10.2 87.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 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
