(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: HANCOCK
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 41,518 2,786 1,440 1,346 548
WHITE 37,001 2,374 1,234 1,140 490
NONWHITE 4,517 412 206 206 58
-------- 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 83 2 27 54 74 2 23 49 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 0 5 5 1 0 4 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 70 2 24 44 61 2 20 39 9 0 4 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 2 14 14 0 2 12 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 2 18 18 0 2 16 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 29.8 1.4 60.2 (15-19) 31.2 1.6 63.2 (15-19) 21.8 - 43.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.0 - - 18.5 13.5 - - 20.4 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 1 0 4 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 60.2 500.0 - 74.1 67.6 500.0 - 81.6 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 89 3 27 59 80 3 23 54 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 31.9 2.1 63.9 (15-19) 33.7 2.4 67.5 (15-19) 21.8 - 43.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 24.1 500.0 - 18.5 27.0 500.0 - 20.4 - - - -
* 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
