(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: NEWTON
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 21,516 1,784 814 970 346
WHITE 14,026 1,025 452 573 190
NONWHITE 7,490 759 362 397 156
-------- 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 69 3 23 43 40 1 15 24 29 2 8 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 1 6 4 4 0 3 1 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 43 3 17 23 15 1 9 5 28 2 8 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 1 10 8 0 1 7 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 1 15 9 0 1 8 7 0 0 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.7 3.7 68.0 (15-19) 39.0 2.2 68.1 (15-19) 38.2 5.5 68.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.5 - 43.5 - - - - - 34.5 - 125.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 115.9 - 130.4 116.3 125.0 - 200.0 83.3 103.4 - - 157.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 78 3 27 48 45 1 18 26 33 2 9 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.7 3.7 77.3 (15-19) 43.9 2.2 76.8 (15-19) 43.5 5.5 78.1 (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
