(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: RANKIN
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 109,613 7,704 3,914 3,790 1,569
WHITE 88,440 6,089 3,097 2,992 1,255
NONWHITE 21,173 1,615 817 798 314
-------- 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 209 5 76 128 146 1 56 89 63 4 20 39
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 33 1 17 15 17 0 10 7 16 1 7 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 42 1 15 26 28 0 11 17 14 1 4 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 158 5 64 89 98 1 45 52 60 4 19 37
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 37 0 6 31 22 0 4 18 15 0 2 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 52 0 9 43 31 0 6 25 21 0 3 18
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 17 0 7 10 8 0 4 4 9 0 3 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 27.1 1.3 53.8 (15-19) 24.0 0.3 48.5 (15-19) 39.0 4.9 73.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.8 200.0 - - 6.8 1000.0 - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 60 1 20 39 46 1 16 29 14 0 4 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 287.1 200.0 263.2 304.7 315.1 1000.0 285.7 325.8 222.2 - 200.0 256.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 270 7 96 167 193 3 72 118 77 4 24 49
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.0 1.8 69.4 (15-19) 31.7 1.0 63.5 (15-19) 47.7 4.9 91.5 (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
