(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: TALLAHATCHIE
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 14,893 1,310 636 674 219
WHITE 5,802 350 167 183 74
NONWHITE 9,091 960 469 491 145
-------- 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 61 3 23 35 11 0 6 5 50 3 17 30
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 12 1 4 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 3 20 33 6 0 3 3 50 3 17 30
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 2 14 1 0 0 1 15 0 2 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 3 14 2 0 1 1 15 0 2 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.6 4.7 86.0 (15-19) 31.4 - 60.1 (15-19) 52.1 6.4 95.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.4 - - 28.6 - - - - 20.0 - - 33.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 32.8 - 43.5 28.6 90.9 - - 200.0 20.0 - 58.8 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 64 3 24 37 12 0 6 6 52 3 18 31
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.8 4.7 90.5 (15-19) 34.3 - 65.6 (15-19) 54.2 6.4 99.8 (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
