(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: WALTHALL
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 14,369 1,233 633 600 227
WHITE 7,924 547 289 258 99
NONWHITE 6,445 686 344 342 128
-------- 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 45 2 22 21 10 0 5 5 35 2 17 16
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 2 21 18 6 0 4 2 35 2 17 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 1 8 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 2 11 3 0 1 2 10 0 1 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.5 3.2 71.7 (15-19) 18.3 - 38.8 (15-19) 51.0 5.8 96.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 22.2 - - 47.6 - - - - 28.6 - - 62.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 22.2 - - 47.6 100.0 - - 200.0 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 47 2 22 23 11 0 5 6 36 2 17 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.1 3.2 75.0 (15-19) 20.1 - 42.6 (15-19) 52.5 5.8 99.4 (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
