(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: PRENTISS
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 24,295 1,947 826 1,121 352
WHITE 21,056 1,600 680 920 308
NONWHITE 3,239 347 146 201 44
-------- 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 73 0 22 51 66 0 19 47 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 4 11 13 0 3 10 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 0 18 21 32 0 15 17 7 0 3 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 0 16 14 0 0 14 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 1 18 17 0 1 16 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.5 - 65.1 (15-19) 41.2 - 71.7 (15-19) 20.2 - 34.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 27.4 - 45.4 19.6 15.2 - - 21.3 142.8 - 333.3 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 75 0 23 52 67 0 19 48 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.5 - 66.9 (15-19) 41.9 - 72.8 (15-19) 23.0 - 39.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
