(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: BOLIVAR
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 39,826 3,810 1,654 2,156 661
WHITE 13,787 1,070 448 622 159
NONWHITE 26,039 2,740 1,206 1,534 502
-------- 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 194 4 82 108 23 0 5 18 171 4 77 90
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 2 9 11 2 0 1 1 20 2 8 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 44 0 19 25 4 0 1 3 40 0 18 22
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 185 4 82 99 15 0 5 10 170 4 77 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 61 0 13 48 5 0 1 4 56 0 12 44
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 66 0 13 53 6 0 1 5 60 0 12 48
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 4 5 1 0 1 0 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.9 2.4 88.1 (15-19) 21.5 - 37.0 (15-19) 62.4 3.3 108.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.5 - 24.4 9.2 - - - - 17.5 - 26.0 11.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 30.9 250.0 12.2 37.0 130.4 ## 200.0 55.6 17.5 - - 33.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 203 5 85 113 26 1 6 19 177 4 79 94
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.3 3.0 91.8 (15-19) 24.3 2.2 40.2 (15-19) 64.6 3.3 112.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 20.6 250.0 36.6 - - - - - 23.4 250.0 39.0 -
* 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
