(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: MONROE
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 38,230 2,902 1,359 1,543 503
WHITE 25,658 1,690 806 884 305
NONWHITE 12,572 1,212 553 659 198
-------- 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 74 2 27 45 40 0 14 26 34 2 13 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 4 0 2 2 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 2 22 27 18 0 9 9 33 2 13 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 3 12 8 0 1 7 7 0 2 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 3 17 11 0 1 10 9 0 2 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 3 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.5 1.5 46.7 (15-19) 23.7 - 45.2 (15-19) 28.0 3.6 48.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.5 - 37.0 - - - - - 29.4 - 76.9 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 14 0 8 6 2 0 2 0 12 0 6 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 189.2 - 296.3 133.3 50.0 - 142.8 - 352.9 - 461.5 315.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 89 2 36 51 42 0 16 26 47 2 20 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 30.7 1.5 56.4 (15-19) 24.8 - 47.5 (15-19) 38.8 3.6 68.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 13.5 - - 22.2 25.0 - - 38.5 - - - -
* 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
