(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: JEFF DAVIS
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 13,770 1,157 574 583 196
WHITE 5,852 359 164 195 57
NONWHITE 7,918 798 410 388 139
-------- 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 37 1 12 24 10 0 2 8 27 1 10 16
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 29 1 11 17 4 0 1 3 25 1 10 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.0 1.7 61.8 (15-19) 27.8 - 51.3 (15-19) 33.8 2.4 67.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 135.1 2000.0 83.3 83.3 200.0 ## - 125.0 111.1 1000.0 100.0 62.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 42 3 13 26 12 1 2 9 30 2 11 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.3 5.2 66.9 (15-19) 33.4 6.1 56.4 (15-19) 37.6 4.9 72.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS - - - - - - - - - - - -
* 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
