TABLE 18A
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE,
RACE, AND AGE GROUP OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
STATE 9,675 275 9,400 3,646 53 3,593 6,027 222 5,805
ADAMS 97 3 94 13 0 13 84 3 81
ALCORN 86 1 85 68 1 67 17 0 17
AMITE 32 1 31 8 0 8 24 1 23
ATTALA 56 1 55 18 0 18 38 1 37
BENTON 30 1 29 12 1 11 18 0 18
BOLIVAR 203 5 198 26 1 25 177 4 173
CALHOUN 45 1 44 21 1 20 24 0 24
CARROLL 16 1 15 7 0 7 9 1 8
CHICKASAW 79 3 76 24 0 24 55 3 52
CHOCTAW 23 2 21 16 1 15 7 1 6
CLAIBORNE 46 1 45 1 0 1 45 1 44
CLARKE 55 2 53 28 0 28 27 2 25
CLAY 84 1 83 20 0 20 64 1 63
COAHOMA 177 6 171 15 0 15 162 6 156
COPIAH 99 4 95 30 1 29 69 3 66
COVINGTON 78 1 77 41 0 41 37 1 36
DESOTO 227 5 222 163 4 159 64 1 63
FORREST 266 6 260 124 2 122 142 4 138
FRANKLIN 32 1 31 14 0 14 18 1 17
GEORGE 76 0 76 63 0 63 13 0 13
GREENE 42 0 42 29 0 29 13 0 13
GRENADA 50 4 46 19 0 19 31 4 27
HANCOCK 89 3 86 80 3 77 9 0 9
HARRISON 583 12 571 349 4 345 234 8 226
HINDS 1,063 41 1,022 140 2 138 923 39 884
HOLMES 114 3 111 5 0 5 109 3 106
HUMPHREYS 70 3 67 7 0 7 63 3 60
ISSAQUENA 8 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 8
ITAWAMBA 53 1 52 45 0 45 8 1 7
JACKSON 393 6 387 235 4 231 158 2 156
JASPER 57 2 55 15 0 15 42 2 40
JEFFERSON 40 2 38 1 0 1 39 2 37
JEFF DAVIS 42 3 39 12 1 11 30 2 28
JONES 253 7 246 113 0 113 140 7 133
KEMPER 27 0 27 7 0 7 20 0 20
LAFAYETTE 84 1 83 26 0 26 58 1 57
LAMAR 87 3 84 62 0 62 25 3 22
LAUDERDALE 237 8 229 65 2 63 172 6 166
LAWRENCE 36 1 35 21 0 21 15 1 14
LEAKE 74 4 70 33 0 33 40 4 36
LEE 219 7 212 118 3 115 101 4 97
LEFLORE 192 6 186 26 1 25 166 5 161
TABLE 18A - PAGE 2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
LINCOLN 102 7 95 51 1 50 51 6 45
LOWNDES 236 9 227 61 1 60 175 8 167
MADISON 177 7 170 40 1 39 137 6 131
MARION 91 4 87 50 2 48 41 2 39
MARSHALL 131 1 130 41 0 41 90 1 89
MONROE 89 2 87 42 0 42 47 2 45
MONTGOMERY 43 1 42 14 0 14 29 1 28
NESHOBA 94 1 93 37 1 36 57 0 57
NEWTON 53 0 53 26 0 26 27 0 27
NOXUBEE 71 1 70 4 0 4 67 1 66
OKTIBBEHA 121 4 117 31 0 31 90 4 86
PANOLA 141 5 136 43 1 42 98 4 94
PEARL RIVER 140 3 137 102 1 101 38 2 36
PERRY 46 2 44 31 1 30 15 1 14
PIKE 177 5 172 41 1 40 136 4 132
PONTOTOC 65 3 62 51 2 49 14 1 13
PRENTISS 69 0 69 57 0 57 12 0 12
QUITMAN 56 2 54 6 0 6 50 2 48
RANKIN 270 6 264 195 3 192 75 3 72
SCOTT 116 2 114 58 2 56 58 0 58
SHARKEY 37 0 37 1 0 1 36 0 36
SIMPSON 120 3 117 56 0 56 64 3 61
SMITH 35 1 34 18 1 17 17 0 17
STONE 45 1 44 31 0 31 14 1 13
SUNFLOWER 179 2 177 13 0 13 166 2 164
TALLAHATCHIE 61 1 60 7 0 7 54 1 53
TATE 81 0 81 32 0 32 49 0 49
TIPPAH 76 1 75 50 1 49 26 0 26
TISHOMINGO 41 0 41 41 0 41 0 0 0
TUNICA 46 1 45 7 0 7 39 1 38
UNION 73 1 72 55 0 55 18 1 17
WALTHALL 48 0 48 12 0 12 36 0 36
WARREN 198 9 189 61 0 61 137 9 128
WASHINGTON 341 12 329 43 0 43 298 12 286
WAYNE 72 2 70 30 0 30 42 2 40
WEBSTER 34 2 32 20 2 18 14 0 14
WILKINSON 26 1 25 2 0 2 24 1 23
WINSTON 85 5 80 20 0 20 65 5 60
YALOBUSHA 39 1 38 21 0 21 18 1 17
YAZOO 130 4 126 25 0 25 105 4 101
* LIVE BIRTHS PLUS REPORTABLE SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED
TERMINATIONS TO MOTHERS UNDER AGE 20.
** TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH THE RACE OF THE MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN.
