(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: OKTIBBEHA
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 39,291 3,363 1,054 2,309 502
WHITE 23,439 1,830 446 1,384 232
NONWHITE 15,852 1,533 608 925 270
-------- 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 4 20 45 9 0 3 6 60 4 17 39
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 58 4 19 35 3 0 2 1 55 4 17 34
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 2 17 1 0 0 1 18 0 2 16
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 8 1 0 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 20.5 3.8 28.2 (15-19) 4.9 - 6.5 (15-19) 39.1 6.6 60.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 21 1 4 16 13 0 2 11 8 1 2 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 304.3 250.0 200.0 355.6 1444.4 - 666.7 1833.3 133.3 250.0 117.6 128.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 90 5 24 61 22 0 5 17 68 5 19 44
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.8 4.7 36.8 (15-19) 12.0 - 15.9 (15-19) 44.4 8.2 68.1 (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
