(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: MARSHALL
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 32,323 2,581 1,239 1,342 534
WHITE 15,134 914 459 455 217
NONWHITE 17,189 1,667 780 887 317
-------- 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 129 1 40 88 39 0 10 29 90 1 30 59
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 2 10 3 0 0 3 9 0 2 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 0 8 12 6 0 3 3 14 0 5 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 112 1 37 74 25 0 8 17 87 1 29 57
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 33 0 3 30 7 0 0 7 26 0 3 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 37 0 4 33 8 0 1 7 29 0 3 26
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 3 8 3 0 0 3 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.0 0.8 95.4 (15-19) 42.7 - 85.7 (15-19) 54.0 1.3 100.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 15.5 - 25.0 11.4 51.3 - 100.0 34.5 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 131 1 41 89 41 0 11 30 90 1 30 59
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.8 0.8 96.9 (15-19) 44.8 - 90.1 (15-19) 54.0 1.3 100.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.8 - - 11.4 - - - - 11.1 - - 16.9
* 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
