(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: MONTGOMERY
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 12,394 943 442 501 157
WHITE 6,642 366 174 192 69
NONWHITE 5,752 577 268 309 88
-------- 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 36 1 13 22 12 0 4 8 24 1 9 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 4 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 1 7 3 3 0 2 1 8 1 5 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 29 1 11 17 6 0 2 4 23 1 9 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 0 11 3 0 0 3 8 0 0 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 1 13 4 0 0 4 10 0 1 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.2 2.3 69.9 (15-19) 32.8 - 62.5 (15-19) 41.6 3.7 74.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 194.4 - 307.7 136.4 166.7 - 250.0 125.0 208.3 - 333.3 142.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 43 1 17 25 14 0 5 9 29 1 12 16
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.6 2.3 83.8 (15-19) 38.2 - 72.9 (15-19) 50.3 3.7 90.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 27.8 - 76.9 - - - - - 41.7 - 111.1 -
* 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
