(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
COUNTY: ADAMS
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 34,225 2,573 1,234 1,339 534
WHITE 16,713 992 500 492 198
NONWHITE 17,512 1,581 734 847 336
-------- 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 109 3 37 69 29 0 6 23 80 3 31 46
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 5 11 2 0 1 1 15 1 4 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 1 8 18 5 0 2 3 22 1 6 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 94 3 36 55 14 0 5 9 80 3 31 46
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 5 18 5 0 1 4 18 0 4 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 32 0 7 25 8 0 1 7 24 0 6 18
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.4 2.4 79.2 (15-19) 29.2 - 58.9 (15-19) 50.6 4.1 90.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 27.5 - 81.1 - - - - - 37.5 - 96.8 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 2 5 9 4 0 1 3 12 2 4 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 146.8 666.7 135.1 130.4 137.9 - 166.7 130.4 150.0 666.7 129.0 130.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 128 5 45 78 33 0 7 26 95 5 38 52
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 49.7 4.0 91.9 (15-19) 33.3 - 67.1 (15-19) 60.1 6.8 106.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 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
