TABLE 18B
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATES*, 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 45.2 2.7 83.2 32.1 1.0 60.6 59.8 4.7 108.0
ADAMS 38.9 2.5 72.6 13.6 - 27.5 54.6 4.2 98.5
ALCORN 37.5 0.9 73.0 36.0 1.1 70.0 42.3 - 82.1
AMITE 30.1 1.8 61.0 19.0 - 39.2 37.4 3.0 75.6
ATTALA 41.3 1.6 76.6 28.1 - 55.6 53.1 3.1 93.9
BENTON 45.0 3.0 88.7 38.8 6.8 68.3 50.4 - 108.4
BOLIVAR 53.3 3.0 91.8 24.3 2.2 40.2 64.6 3.3 112.8
CALHOUN 44.2 2.0 82.9 34.2 3.2 65.8 59.2 - 105.7
CARROLL 20.5 2.5 39.3 18.6 - 39.8 22.2 5.0 38.8
CHICKASAW 58.0 4.4 110.5 36.1 - 71.6 79.0 8.7 147.3
CHOCTAW 29.6 5.0 55.8 33.2 4.1 63.3 23.6 6.4 43.2
CLAIBORNE 32.5 2.2 47.4 8.8 - 18.9 34.6 2.5 49.1
CLARKE 40.5 2.9 78.4 38.8 - 79.3 42.3 6.3 77.4
CLAY 45.9 1.2 85.6 33.6 - 67.3 51.9 1.8 93.8
COAHOMA 64.0 4.4 120.7 26.0 - 54.2 73.9 5.7 136.8
COPIAH 39.6 3.8 65.9 33.7 2.5 59.7 42.9 4.6 69.1
COVINGTON 54.2 1.4 106.2 56.6 - 112.6 51.7 2.8 99.7
DESOTO 30.4 1.4 59.0 26.7 1.3 51.2 47.3 1.4 95.2
FORREST 44.4 2.5 72.1 36.1 1.5 57.1 55.8 3.7 94.0
FRANKLIN 53.2 3.3 104.7 45.6 - 94.6 61.2 6.8 114.9
GEORGE 46.6 - 89.6 44.6 - 85.5 59.6 - 117.1
GREENE 45.9 - 93.1 45.2 - 93.5 47.6 - 92.2
GRENADA 29.5 4.8 53.8 23.8 - 48.7 34.5 9.2 58.1
HANCOCK 31.9 2.1 63.9 33.7 2.4 67.5 21.8 - 43.7
HARRISON 47.4 2.0 90.8 42.4 1.0 82.5 57.3 4.0 107.0
HINDS 57.4 4.9 100.2 21.8 0.7 39.2 76.4 7.2 132.2
HOLMES 56.8 3.3 101.8 14.6 - 24.0 65.5 3.8 120.2
HUMPHREYS 71.5 6.3 133.2 35.7 - 65.4 80.5 7.8 151.5
ISSAQUENA 58.0 - 127.0 - - - 88.9 - 216.2
ITAWAMBA 33.0 1.5 54.3 31.8 - 53.7 41.2 13.3 58.8
JACKSON 38.3 1.2 75.0 33.4 1.1 65.2 48.9 1.2 96.3
JASPER 38.3 2.6 75.3 29.9 - 57.5 42.5 3.8 85.3
JEFFERSON 54.3 5.5 102.4 16.9 - 31.2 57.6 5.9 109.1
JEFF DAVIS 36.3 5.2 66.9 33.4 6.1 56.4 37.6 4.9 72.2
JONES 53.2 3.1 98.4 37.1 - 70.4 81.7 8.6 148.6
KEMPER 28.9 - 48.7 28.6 - 53.0 29.1 - 47.4
LAFAYETTE 27.6 1.0 39.6 12.5 - 17.0 59.9 2.5 100.9
LAMAR 30.5 2.0 60.2 26.2 - 53.8 51.3 12.3 90.5
LAUDERDALE 42.3 3.1 75.9 22.2 1.4 41.3 64.1 5.0 111.3
LAWRENCE 34.7 2.0 66.2 37.3 - 73.4 31.6 4.3 57.6
LEAKE 50.5 5.7 91.4 50.8 - 100.0 49.1 10.6 82.6
LEE 42.0 2.7 80.7 32.3 1.7 62.4 64.4 5.1 123.9
LEFLORE 63.6 4.1 120.2 34.7 2.5 72.9 73.1 4.7 133.7
TABLE 18B - PAGE 2
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATES - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
LINCOLN 40.2 5.8 71.8 35.0 1.4 66.9 47.4 12.0 78.1
LOWNDES 50.5 4.2 89.9 26.1 1.0 46.8 75.0 7.3 134.5
MADISON 32.9 2.6 61.9 20.8 1.0 44.6 39.6 3.8 70.0
MARION 43.9 3.9 83.4 42.9 3.3 84.8 45.1 4.6 81.8
MARSHALL 50.8 0.8 96.9 44.8 - 90.1 54.0 1.3 100.3
MONROE 30.7 1.5 56.4 24.8 - 47.5 38.8 3.6 68.3
MONTGOMERY 45.6 2.3 83.8 38.2 - 72.9 50.3 3.7 90.6
NESHOBA 41.5 0.9 80.0 29.1 1.6 55.9 57.3 - 110.0
NEWTON 29.7 - 54.3 25.4 - 45.1 35.5 - 67.5
NOXUBEE 64.8 1.8 126.6 20.0 - 45.4 74.9 2.3 141.9
OKTIBBEHA 35.2 3.8 49.0 16.5 - 21.6 57.5 6.6 89.9
PANOLA 50.0 3.6 94.3 42.6 1.9 85.2 54.2 4.6 99.0
PEARL RIVER 38.2 1.7 72.6 35.4 0.7 68.8 48.8 5.6 85.9
PERRY 46.7 4.2 86.8 46.4 3.0 88.5 47.5 6.8 83.3
PIKE 56.5 3.2 107.6 31.3 1.6 58.6 74.6 4.4 144.1
PONTOTOC 35.2 3.4 64.7 36.6 3.0 66.8 31.0 4.4 58.0
PRENTISS 35.6 - 61.8 35.9 - 62.4 34.2 - 58.8
QUITMAN 61.1 4.6 111.1 26.9 - 51.7 72.2 6.2 129.7
RANKIN 34.7 1.5 69.2 31.8 1.0 63.9 45.6 3.6 88.8
SCOTT 61.1 2.2 116.6 64.7 4.4 125.8 57.9 - 108.8
SHARKEY 56.7 - 115.3 7.6 - 17.2 69.1 - 136.9
SIMPSON 62.7 3.1 124.5 51.3 - 109.8 77.8 7.6 141.9
SMITH 31.0 1.8 58.0 23.4 2.6 43.8 47.1 - 85.8
STONE 38.7 2.1 65.0 38.7 - 68.0 38.8 7.1 58.8
SUNFLOWER 64.9 1.5 124.6 19.3 - 36.5 79.6 2.0 154.0
TALLAHATCHIE 48.1 1.6 92.3 20.8 - 40.0 58.1 2.2 111.6
TATE 38.7 - 68.1 27.5 - 48.2 52.8 - 93.2
TIPPAH 49.2 1.4 92.5 42.3 1.8 78.2 71.6 - 141.3
TISHOMINGO 34.6 - 68.3 36.6 - 72.6 - - -
TUNICA 58.5 2.6 111.4 63.1 - 127.3 57.8 3.1 108.9
UNION 41.2 1.1 80.4 39.0 - 77.7 49.3 5.6 90.4
WALTHALL 39.8 - 82.2 22.5 - 47.8 53.6 - 108.1
WARREN 51.1 4.5 99.6 33.1 - 68.8 67.4 8.8 126.6
WASHINGTON 61.1 4.4 116.2 26.7 - 56.1 75.1 6.3 138.6
WAYNE 43.2 2.5 81.4 34.5 - 69.1 52.8 5.4 93.9
WEBSTER 44.6 5.6 78.6 37.8 8.0 64.7 59.8 - 108.5
WILKINSON 39.9 3.0 79.6 13.0 - 29.0 48.2 4.0 93.9
WINSTON 56.4 7.0 101.3 30.0 - 59.7 77.2 12.9 131.9
YALOBUSHA 42.2 2.4 75.0 48.4 - 92.5 36.7 4.7 60.7
YAZOO 63.5 3.8 127.3 36.4 - 80.1 77.3 5.9 149.0
* NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS PLUS REPORTABLE SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED
TERMINATIONS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED AGE/RACE GROUP.
** TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH THE RACE OF THE MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN.
