(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: NEWTON
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 21,741 1,785 809 976 302
WHITE 14,127 1,025 449 576 162
NONWHITE 7,614 760 360 400 140
-------- 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 46 0 11 35 22 0 6 16 24 0 5 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 5 0 2 3 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 4 7 5 0 1 4 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 34 0 7 27 11 0 2 9 23 0 5 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.8 - 47.1 (15-19) 21.5 - 38.2 (15-19) 31.6 - 60.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.7 - 90.9 - - - - - 41.7 - 200.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 1 5 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 130.4 - 90.9 142.8 181.8 - 166.7 187.5 83.3 - - 105.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 53 0 13 40 26 0 7 19 27 0 6 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 29.7 - 54.3 (15-19) 25.4 - 45.1 (15-19) 35.5 - 67.5 (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
