(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: JACKSON
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 133,120 10,261 5,101 5,160 1,860
WHITE 101,436 7,028 3,488 3,540 1,317
NONWHITE 31,684 3,233 1,613 1,620 543
-------- 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 313 4 91 218 188 2 55 131 125 2 36 87
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 29 0 10 19 17 0 8 9 12 0 2 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 43 0 19 24 27 0 15 12 16 0 4 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 248 4 75 169 129 2 40 87 119 2 35 82
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 75 0 15 60 41 0 8 33 34 0 7 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 93 0 16 77 54 0 9 45 39 0 7 32
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 27 0 10 17 12 0 5 7 15 0 5 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.5 0.8 59.9 (15-19) 26.8 0.6 52.5 (15-19) 38.7 1.2 75.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.6 - - 13.8 5.3 - - 7.6 16.0 - - 23.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 77 2 28 47 46 2 17 27 31 0 11 20
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 246.0 500.0 307.7 215.6 244.7 1000.0 309.1 206.1 248.0 - 305.6 229.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 393 6 119 268 235 4 72 159 158 2 47 109
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.3 1.2 75.0 (15-19) 33.4 1.1 65.2 (15-19) 48.9 1.2 96.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 6.4 - 11.0 4.6 5.3 - 18.2 - 8.0 - - 11.5
* 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
