(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: MONROE
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 38,263 2,940 1,370 1,570 545
WHITE 25,754 1,717 815 902 338
NONWHITE 12,509 1,223 555 668 207
-------- 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 106 0 40 66 51 0 18 33 55 0 22 33
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 2 0 1 1 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 21 0 10 11 6 0 3 3 15 0 7 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 80 0 34 46 29 0 15 14 51 0 19 32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 24 0 4 20 12 0 1 11 12 0 3 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 29 0 4 25 16 0 1 15 13 0 3 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.0 - 67.5 (15-19) 29.7 - 56.5 (15-19) 45.0 - 82.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 0 5 8 6 0 3 3 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 122.6 - 125.0 121.2 117.6 - 166.7 90.9 127.3 - 90.9 151.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 119 0 45 74 57 0 21 36 62 0 24 38
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.5 - 75.8 (15-19) 33.2 - 63.2 (15-19) 50.7 - 92.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
