(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: NESHOBA
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 27,653 2,282 1,103 1,179 447
WHITE 18,278 1,293 636 657 220
NONWHITE 9,375 989 467 522 227
-------- 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 107 2 46 59 46 0 14 32 61 2 32 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 6 6 6 0 2 4 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 1 9 5 6 0 2 4 9 1 7 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 71 2 36 33 18 0 7 11 53 2 29 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 7 9 5 0 2 3 11 0 5 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 8 18 10 0 2 8 16 0 6 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.9 1.8 89.0 (15-19) 35.6 - 70.0 (15-19) 61.7 4.3 113.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 56.1 500.0 21.7 67.8 65.2 - 71.4 31.2 49.2 - - 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 113 3 47 63 49 1 15 33 64 2 32 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 49.5 2.7 93.3 (15-19) 37.9 1.6 73.0 (15-19) 64.7 4.3 118.8 (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
