(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: NESHOBA
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 27,639 2,266 1,104 1,162 496
WHITE 18,156 1,272 628 644 266
NONWHITE 9,483 994 476 518 230
-------- 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 83 1 28 54 32 1 8 23 51 0 20 31
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 3 0 2 1 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 68 1 26 41 20 1 7 12 48 0 19 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 4 19 7 0 2 5 16 0 2 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 6 21 9 0 2 7 18 0 4 14
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.6 0.9 70.6 (15-19) 25.2 1.6 48.1 (15-19) 51.3 - 98.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 11 0 7 4 5 0 4 1 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 132.5 - 250.0 74.1 156.2 - 500.0 43.5 117.6 - 150.0 96.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 94 1 35 58 37 1 12 24 57 0 23 34
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.5 0.9 80.0 (15-19) 29.1 1.6 55.9 (15-19) 57.3 - 110.0 (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
