(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: PEARL RIVER
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 46,862 3,618 1,753 1,865 635
WHITE 39,236 2,856 1,401 1,455 521
NONWHITE 7,626 762 352 410 114
-------- 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 122 1 45 76 94 0 36 58 28 1 9 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 1 3 8 5 0 2 3 7 1 1 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 1 6 5 7 0 5 2 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 86 1 36 49 58 0 27 31 28 1 9 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 26 0 6 20 18 0 5 13 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 36 0 8 28 24 0 6 18 12 0 2 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.7 0.6 64.9 (15-19) 32.9 - 64.6 (15-19) 36.7 2.8 65.8 (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 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 24.6 - 22.2 26.3 31.9 - 27.8 34.5 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 125 1 46 78 97 0 37 60 28 1 9 18
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.5 0.6 66.5 (15-19) 34.0 - 66.7 (15-19) 36.7 2.8 65.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
