(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: SMITH
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 15,296 1,133 542 591 241
WHITE 11,622 772 380 392 163
NONWHITE 3,674 361 162 199 78
-------- 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 54 1 20 33 30 0 11 19 24 1 9 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 6 0 2 4 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 34 1 14 19 12 0 5 7 22 1 9 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 2 11 8 0 1 7 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 4 13 11 0 3 8 6 0 1 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.7 1.8 89.7 (15-19) 38.9 - 76.5 (15-19) 66.5 6.2 115.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.5 1000.0 - - - - - - 41.7 1000.0 - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 37.0 - - 60.6 66.7 - - 105.3 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 57 2 20 35 32 0 11 21 25 2 9 14
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.3 3.7 93.1 (15-19) 41.4 - 81.6 (15-19) 69.2 12.3 115.6 (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
