(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: CHICKASAW
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 18,121 1,361 673 688 342
WHITE 10,622 665 330 335 162
NONWHITE 7,499 696 343 353 180
-------- 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 70 2 28 40 22 0 6 16 48 2 22 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 1 0 0 1 9 0 5 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 6 6 1 0 0 1 11 0 6 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 54 2 23 29 9 0 1 8 45 2 22 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 24 0 4 20 6 0 0 6 18 0 4 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 4 21 6 0 0 6 19 0 4 15
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 51.4 3.0 98.8 (15-19) 33.1 - 65.7 (15-19) 69.0 5.8 130.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 28.6 - 35.7 25.0 - - - - 41.7 - 45.4 41.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 100.0 500.0 107.1 75.0 90.9 - 333.3 - 104.2 500.0 45.4 125.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 79 3 32 44 24 0 8 16 55 3 24 28
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 58.0 4.4 110.5 (15-19) 36.1 - 71.6 (15-19) 79.0 8.7 147.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 28.6 - 35.7 25.0 45.5 - - 62.5 20.8 - 45.5 -
* 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
