(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: MARION
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 26,386 2,087 1,033 1,054 374
WHITE 17,734 1,177 602 575 229
NONWHITE 8,652 910 431 479 145
-------- 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 82 2 30 50 46 0 13 33 36 2 17 17
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 5 2 4 0 3 1 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 3 6 4 0 1 3 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 2 27 38 31 0 10 21 36 2 17 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 21 0 3 18 11 0 0 11 10 0 3 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 3 20 12 0 0 12 11 0 3 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.3 1.9 75.9 (15-19) 39.1 - 80.0 (15-19) 39.6 4.6 71.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.2 - - 20.0 - - - - 27.8 - - 58.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 1 2 4 4 1 0 3 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 85.4 500.0 66.7 80.0 87.0 - - 90.9 83.3 - 117.6 58.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 90 3 32 55 50 1 13 36 40 2 19 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.1 2.9 82.5 (15-19) 42.5 1.7 85.2 (15-19) 44.0 4.6 79.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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
