(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: TISHOMINGO
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 18,654 1,191 589 602 246
WHITE 17,846 1,127 560 567 240
NONWHITE 808 64 29 35 6
-------- 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 31 0 11 20 30 0 11 19 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 16 0 5 11 15 0 5 10 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 26.0 - 51.5 (15-19) 26.6 - 52.9 (15-19) 15.6 - 28.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 32.2 - - 50.0 33.3 - - 52.6 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 32 0 11 21 31 0 11 20 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.9 - 53.2 (15-19) 27.5 - 54.7 (15-19) 15.6 - 28.6 (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
