(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: MARSHALL
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 32,296 2,639 1,249 1,390 500
WHITE 15,124 933 467 466 228
NONWHITE 17,172 1,706 782 924 272
-------- 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 102 3 32 67 36 0 12 24 66 3 20 43
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 3 14 6 0 1 5 11 0 2 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 5 14 7 0 1 6 13 1 4 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 3 29 53 20 0 9 11 65 3 20 42
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 2 21 10 0 2 8 13 0 0 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 30 0 3 27 12 0 2 10 18 0 1 17
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 2 5 3 0 2 1 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.6 2.4 71.2 (15-19) 38.6 - 77.2 (15-19) 38.7 3.8 68.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.8 - - 14.9 - - - - 15.2 - - 23.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 19.6 - 31.2 14.9 27.8 - 83.3 - 15.2 - - 23.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 105 3 33 69 37 0 13 24 68 3 20 45
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.8 2.4 73.4 (15-19) 39.6 - 79.4 (15-19) 39.8 3.8 70.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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
