(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: YALOBUSHA
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 12,366 910 410 500 192
WHITE 7,409 428 203 225 101
NONWHITE 4,957 482 207 275 91
-------- 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 33 1 10 22 14 0 1 13 19 1 9 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 2 5 4 0 1 3 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 25 1 10 14 6 0 1 5 19 1 9 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 1 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.3 2.4 64.0 (15-19) 32.7 - 62.2 (15-19) 39.4 4.8 65.4 (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 90.9 - 100.0 90.9 71.4 - - 76.9 105.3 - 111.1 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 36 1 11 24 15 0 1 14 21 1 10 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.6 2.4 70.0 (15-19) 35.0 - 66.7 (15-19) 43.6 4.8 72.7 (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
