(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: BENTON
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 8,091 666 339 327 129
WHITE 4,740 309 148 161 66
NONWHITE 3,351 357 191 166 63
-------- 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 29 0 7 22 11 0 2 9 18 0 5 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 0 6 15 4 0 1 3 17 0 5 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.5 - 88.7 (15-19) 35.6 - 68.3 (15-19) 50.4 - 108.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 34.5 ## - - 90.9 ## - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 30 1 7 22 12 1 2 9 18 0 5 13
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.0 3.0 88.7 (15-19) 38.8 6.8 68.3 (15-19) 50.4 - 108.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 69.0 - 142.9 45.5 90.9 - - 111.1 55.6 - 200.0 -
* 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.
## 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
