(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: UNION
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 23,828 1,774 876 898 358
WHITE 19,946 1,412 701 711 271
NONWHITE 3,882 362 175 187 87
-------- 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 60 0 21 39 39 0 14 25 21 0 7 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 2 8 7 0 1 6 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 3 14 11 0 2 9 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 45 0 17 28 25 0 10 15 20 0 7 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 3 10 7 0 1 6 6 0 2 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 4 11 9 0 2 7 6 0 2 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.8 - 66.8 (15-19) 27.6 - 54.8 (15-19) 58.0 - 112.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 33.3 - 47.6 - 51.3 - 71.4 - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 62 1 22 39 41 1 15 25 21 0 7 14
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.9 1.1 67.9 (15-19) 29.0 1.4 56.2 (15-19) 58.0 - 112.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
