(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: SIMPSON
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 25,338 1,931 981 950 424
WHITE 16,533 1,101 586 515 227
NONWHITE 8,805 830 395 435 197
-------- 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 95 7 34 54 39 2 11 26 56 5 23 28
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 2 0 1 1 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 0 8 12 6 0 3 3 14 0 5 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 76 7 31 38 21 2 8 11 55 5 23 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 6 13 8 0 3 5 11 0 3 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 7 18 12 0 3 9 13 0 4 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 5 1 3 0 2 1 4 1 3 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.2 7.1 92.6 (15-19) 35.4 3.4 71.8 (15-19) 67.5 12.6 117.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 0 2 11 9 0 2 7 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 136.8 - 58.8 203.7 230.8 - 181.8 269.2 71.4 - - 142.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 108 7 36 65 48 2 13 33 60 5 23 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.9 7.1 106.3 (15-19) 43.6 3.4 89.3 (15-19) 72.3 12.6 126.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
* 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
