(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: PANOLA
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 33,400 2,809 1,370 1,439 553
WHITE 16,394 1,012 519 493 219
NONWHITE 17,006 1,797 851 946 334
-------- 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 134 8 50 76 34 1 12 21 100 7 38 55
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 16 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 13 3 4 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 4 10 13 3 1 2 0 24 3 8 13
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 8 47 61 20 1 9 10 96 7 38 51
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 34 0 7 27 5 0 1 4 29 0 6 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 42 0 7 35 7 0 1 6 35 0 6 29
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 12 0 5 7 2 0 1 1 10 0 4 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.7 5.8 87.6 (15-19) 33.6 1.9 66.9 (15-19) 55.6 8.2 98.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 22.4 - - 39.5 58.8 - - 95.2 10.0 - - 18.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 137 8 50 79 36 1 12 23 101 7 38 56
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.8 5.8 89.6 (15-19) 35.6 1.9 71.0 (15-19) 56.2 8.2 99.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 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
