(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: COVINGTON
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 17,889 1,440 715 725 285
WHITE 11,147 725 361 364 150
NONWHITE 6,742 715 354 361 135
-------- 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 73 1 23 49 38 0 11 27 35 1 12 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 4 9 1 0 0 1 12 0 4 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 1 19 31 16 0 7 9 35 1 12 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 2 17 7 0 1 6 12 0 1 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 3 19 10 0 2 8 12 0 1 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.7 1.4 99.3 (15-19) 52.4 - 104.4 (15-19) 49.0 2.8 94.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.7 - - 20.4 - - - - 28.6 - - 45.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 54.8 - 87.0 40.8 78.9 - 181.8 37.0 28.6 - - 45.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 78 1 25 52 41 0 13 28 37 1 12 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.2 1.4 106.2 (15-19) 56.6 - 112.6 (15-19) 51.7 2.8 99.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.7 - - 20.4 26.3 - - 37.0 - - - -
* 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
