(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: HINDS
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 245,737 18,513 8,312 10,201 3,864
WHITE 112,415 6,430 2,913 3,517 991
NONWHITE 133,322 12,083 5,399 6,684 2,873
-------- 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 790 27 291 472 86 0 20 66 704 27 271 406
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 145 5 56 84 8 0 4 4 137 5 52 80
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 213 9 85 119 14 0 6 8 199 9 79 111
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 743 27 283 433 51 0 16 35 692 27 267 398
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 218 0 53 165 18 0 1 17 200 0 52 148
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 283 1 72 210 30 0 2 28 253 1 70 182
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 116 7 38 71 6 0 0 6 110 7 38 65
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.7 3.2 74.8 (15-19) 13.4 - 24.4 (15-19) 58.3 5.0 101.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 9 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.4 - 13.7 10.6 - - - - 12.8 - 14.8 12.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 264 14 71 179 54 2 8 44 210 12 63 135
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 334.2 518.5 244.0 379.2 627.9 ## 400.0 666.7 298.3 444.4 232.5 332.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,063 41 366 656 140 2 28 110 923 39 338 546
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 57.4 4.9 100.2 (15-19) 21.8 0.7 39.2 (15-19) 76.4 7.2 132.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 15 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 15 0 8 7
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 19.0 - 27.5 14.8 - - - - 21.3 - 29.5 17.2
* 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
