(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: WEBSTER
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 10,547 772 359 413 132
WHITE 8,044 537 254 283 90
NONWHITE 2,503 235 105 130 42
-------- 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 28 1 10 17 16 0 6 10 12 1 4 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18 1 8 9 7 0 5 2 11 1 3 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 1 6 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.3 2.8 65.4 (15-19) 29.8 - 56.5 (15-19) 51.1 9.5 84.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 107.1 - 100.0 117.6 62.5 - - 100.0 166.7 - 250.0 142.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 31 1 11 19 17 0 6 11 14 1 5 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.2 2.8 72.6 (15-19) 31.6 - 60.1 (15-19) 59.6 9.5 100.0 (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
