(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: CLARKE
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 18,445 1,359 683 676 242
WHITE 11,616 721 368 353 120
NONWHITE 6,829 638 315 323 122
-------- 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 43 1 11 31 22 0 3 19 21 1 8 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 29 1 8 20 9 0 0 9 20 1 8 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 1 13 9 0 0 9 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 2 15 10 0 0 10 7 0 2 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 31.6 1.5 62.1 (15-19) 30.5 - 62.3 (15-19) 32.9 3.2 61.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 46.5 - 181.8 - 45.4 - 333.3 - 47.6 - 125.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 1 3 6 5 0 2 3 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 232.6 1000.0 272.7 193.5 227.3 - 666.7 157.9 238.1 1000.0 125.0 250.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 55 2 16 37 28 0 6 22 27 2 10 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.5 2.9 78.4 (15-19) 38.8 - 79.3 (15-19) 42.3 6.3 77.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 46.5 - 90.9 32.3 - - - - 95.2 - 125.0 83.3
* 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
