(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: SCOTT
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 25,001 1,929 931 998 439
WHITE 14,865 915 460 455 236
NONWHITE 10,136 1,014 471 543 203
-------- 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 85 2 26 57 33 0 10 23 52 2 16 34
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 2 0 1 1 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 18 0 3 15 5 0 1 4 13 0 2 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 70 2 24 44 18 0 8 10 52 2 16 34
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 0 16 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 1 21 9 0 0 9 13 0 1 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 1 5 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.1 2.1 83.2 (15-19) 36.1 - 72.5 (15-19) 51.3 4.2 92.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.8 500.0 - - 30.3 - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 0 6 9 6 0 5 1 9 0 1 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 176.5 - 230.8 157.9 181.8 - 500.0 43.5 173.1 - 62.5 235.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 101 3 32 66 40 1 15 24 61 2 17 42
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.4 3.2 98.2 (15-19) 43.7 2.2 85.7 (15-19) 60.2 4.2 108.6 (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
