(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: AMITE
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 13,906 1,063 555 508 171
WHITE 7,249 422 218 204 86
NONWHITE 6,657 641 337 304 85
-------- 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 28 1 11 16 6 0 3 3 22 1 8 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 24 1 10 13 3 0 2 1 21 1 8 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 8 0 1 7 1 0 0 1 7 0 1 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 26.3 1.8 53.2 (15-19) 14.2 - 29.4 (15-19) 34.3 3.0 69.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 142.8 - 272.7 62.5 333.3 - 333.3 333.3 90.9 - 250.0 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 32 1 14 17 8 0 4 4 24 1 10 13
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 30.1 1.8 61.0 (15-19) 19.0 - 39.2 (15-19) 37.4 3.0 75.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 71.4 - 90.9 62.5 - - - - 90.9 - 125.0 76.9
* 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.
## RATE/RATIO NOT CALCULATED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN THIS AGE/RACE GROUP.
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
INFANT MORTALITY RATE=INFANT DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
