(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
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 65,264 5,744 2,823 2,921 1,222
WHITE 25,782 1,666 870 796 321
NONWHITE 39,482 4,078 1,953 2,125 901
-------- 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 328 7 137 184 40 0 16 24 288 7 121 160
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 35 1 21 13 3 0 1 2 32 1 20 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 57 2 28 27 7 0 3 4 50 2 25 23
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 319 7 137 175 33 0 16 17 286 7 121 158
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 101 0 24 77 8 0 2 6 93 0 22 71
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 111 0 24 87 9 0 2 7 102 0 22 80
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 40 2 16 22 1 0 0 1 39 2 16 21
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 57.1 2.5 109.9 (15-19) 24.0 - 50.2 (15-19) 70.6 3.6 132.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.2 - 21.9 10.9 - - - - 17.4 - 24.8 12.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 20 2 8 10 2 0 0 2 18 2 8 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 61.0 285.7 58.4 54.3 50.0 - - 83.3 62.5 285.7 66.1 50.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 353 9 148 196 42 0 16 26 311 9 132 170
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 61.4 3.2 117.8 (15-19) 25.2 - 52.8 (15-19) 76.3 4.6 142.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
* 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
