(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: JONES
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 63,054 4,755 2,254 2,501 1,010
WHITE 45,722 3,042 1,436 1,606 620
NONWHITE 17,332 1,713 818 895 390
-------- 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 217 5 70 142 100 0 33 67 117 5 37 75
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 16 0 8 8 4 0 2 2 12 0 6 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 9 11 6 0 3 3 15 1 6 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 159 5 54 100 44 0 17 27 115 5 37 73
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 60 0 8 52 17 0 2 15 43 0 6 37
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 71 0 10 61 26 0 4 22 45 0 6 39
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 0 4 11 8 0 1 7 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.6 2.2 84.8 (15-19) 32.9 - 62.3 (15-19) 68.3 6.1 125.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.2 200.0 14.3 - - - - - 17.1 200.0 27.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 34 1 18 15 13 0 5 8 21 1 13 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 156.7 200.0 257.1 105.6 130.0 - 151.5 119.4 179.5 200.0 351.4 93.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 253 7 89 157 113 0 38 75 140 7 51 82
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.2 3.1 98.4 (15-19) 37.1 - 70.4 (15-19) 81.7 8.6 148.6 (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
