(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: PIKE
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 37,920 3,203 1,546 1,657 631
WHITE 19,616 1,357 637 720 246
NONWHITE 18,304 1,846 909 937 385
-------- 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 143 8 58 77 26 0 9 17 117 8 49 60
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 18 0 9 9 2 0 1 1 16 0 8 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 22 1 9 12 3 0 1 2 19 1 8 10
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 120 8 51 61 12 0 5 7 108 8 46 54
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 32 0 6 26 5 0 1 4 27 0 5 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 39 0 9 30 7 0 2 5 32 0 7 25
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 16 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 16 2 7 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.6 5.2 81.5 (15-19) 19.2 - 36.1 (15-19) 63.4 8.8 116.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 7.0 - - 13.0 - - - - 8.5 - - 16.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 17 1 4 12 4 0 0 4 13 1 4 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 118.9 125.0 69.0 155.8 153.8 - - 235.3 111.1 125.0 81.6 133.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 161 9 62 90 30 0 9 21 131 9 53 69
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.3 5.8 91.7 (15-19) 22.1 - 41.7 (15-19) 71.0 9.9 130.2 (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
