(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: YAZOO
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 25,510 2,099 1,078 1,021 489
WHITE 11,447 707 385 322 178
NONWHITE 14,063 1,392 693 699 311
-------- 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 116 9 42 65 27 1 10 16 89 8 32 49
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 18 3 7 8 3 0 2 1 15 3 5 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 1 8 7 3 0 2 1 13 1 6 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 102 9 37 56 14 1 5 8 88 8 32 48
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 29 0 7 22 3 0 1 2 26 0 6 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 37 0 8 29 5 0 1 4 32 0 7 25
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 8 2 1 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 55.3 8.3 104.8 (15-19) 38.2 2.6 80.7 (15-19) 63.9 11.5 115.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 34.5 111.1 - 46.2 - - - - 44.9 125.0 - 61.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 23 0 8 15 5 0 3 2 18 0 5 13
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 198.3 - 190.5 230.8 185.2 - 300.0 125.0 202.2 - 156.2 265.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 143 10 50 83 32 1 13 18 111 9 37 65
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 68.1 9.3 130.3 (15-19) 45.3 2.6 96.3 (15-19) 79.7 13.0 145.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
