(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: WAYNE
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 20,368 1,659 800 859 368
WHITE 12,543 871 436 435 185
NONWHITE 7,825 788 364 424 183
-------- 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 76 4 30 42 30 1 11 18 46 3 19 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 1 6 4 0 0 4 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 1 10 4 0 0 4 7 0 1 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 4 25 27 13 1 7 5 43 3 18 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 22 1 3 18 7 0 0 7 15 1 3 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 28 1 6 21 11 0 2 9 17 1 4 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.8 5.0 83.8 (15-19) 34.4 2.3 66.7 (15-19) 58.4 8.2 101.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.3 - 33.3 23.8 - - - - 43.5 - 52.6 41.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 26.3 - 33.3 23.8 - - - - 43.5 - 52.6 41.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 80 4 32 44 30 1 11 18 50 3 21 26
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.2 5.0 88.5 (15-19) 34.4 2.3 66.7 (15-19) 63.4 8.2 110.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 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
