(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: SUNFLOWER
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 34,577 2,810 1,358 1,452 528
WHITE 11,273 693 325 368 113
NONWHITE 23,304 2,117 1,033 1,084 415
-------- 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 161 9 64 88 14 0 5 9 147 9 59 79
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 1 10 8 3 0 1 2 16 1 9 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 1 14 12 3 0 2 1 24 1 12 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 147 9 60 78 4 0 1 3 143 9 59 75
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 45 0 13 32 4 0 1 3 41 0 12 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 50 0 15 35 4 0 1 3 46 0 14 32
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 2 8 5 0 0 0 0 15 2 8 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 57.3 6.6 104.7 (15-19) 20.2 - 38.0 (15-19) 69.4 8.7 127.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.2 - 15.6 - - - - - 6.8 - 16.9 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 0 3 12 4 0 0 4 11 0 3 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 93.2 - 46.9 136.4 285.7 - - 444.4 74.8 - 50.8 101.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 177 9 68 100 18 0 5 13 159 9 63 87
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 63.0 6.6 115.7 (15-19) 26.0 - 48.9 (15-19) 75.1 8.7 138.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 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
