(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: PERRY
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 11,798 985 479 506 197
WHITE 8,822 671 331 340 142
NONWHITE 2,976 314 148 166 55
-------- 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 47 1 23 23 29 0 13 16 18 1 10 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 33 1 16 16 16 0 7 9 17 1 9 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 10 0 6 4 5 0 2 3 5 0 4 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 6 6 7 0 2 5 5 0 4 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.7 2.1 90.9 (15-19) 43.2 - 85.3 (15-19) 57.3 6.8 102.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 21.3 1000.0 - - 34.5 - - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 48 2 23 23 30 1 13 16 18 1 10 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.7 4.2 90.9 (15-19) 44.7 3.0 85.3 (15-19) 57.3 6.8 102.4 (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
