



(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: STONE
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 13,166 1,144 480 664 185
WHITE 9,980 790 343 447 128
NONWHITE 3,186 354 137 217 57
-------- 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 23 1 8 14 12 1 4 7 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 16 1 7 8 5 1 3 1 11 0 4 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 6 0 2 4 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 2 7 6 0 2 4 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 20.1 2.1 33.1 (15-19) 15.2 2.9 24.6 (15-19) 31.1 - 50.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 130.4 - 125.0 142.8 166.7 - - 285.7 90.9 - 250.0 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 26 1 9 16 14 1 4 9 12 0 5 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 22.7 2.1 37.6 (15-19) 17.7 2.9 29.1 (15-19) 33.9 - 55.3 (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



