(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
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 25,397 1,848 890 958 372
WHITE 21,185 1,399 664 735 322
NONWHITE 4,212 449 226 223 50
-------- 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 62 2 23 37 48 1 19 28 14 1 4 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 5 4 7 0 4 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 38 2 16 20 24 1 12 11 14 1 4 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 6 0 2 4 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 2 8 7 0 2 5 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.6 2.2 62.6 (15-19) 34.3 1.5 63.9 (15-19) 31.2 4.4 58.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 16.1 - - 27.0 20.8 - - 35.7 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 63 2 23 38 49 1 19 29 14 1 4 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.1 2.2 63.7 (15-19) 35.0 1.5 65.3 (15-19) 31.2 4.4 58.3 (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
