(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: TIPPAH
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 21,031 1,554 738 816 316
WHITE 17,207 1,193 560 633 264
NONWHITE 3,824 361 178 183 52
-------- 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 65 0 25 40 51 0 18 33 14 0 7 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 4 4 6 0 4 2 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 4 9 10 0 4 6 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 0 15 21 24 0 9 15 12 0 6 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 4 13 12 0 3 9 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 5 17 16 0 4 12 6 0 1 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.8 - 79.6 (15-19) 42.7 - 80.6 (15-19) 38.8 - 76.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.4 - 40.0 - 19.6 - 55.6 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 66 0 26 40 52 0 19 33 14 0 7 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.5 - 80.9 (15-19) 43.6 - 82.1 (15-19) 38.8 - 76.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
