(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: OKTIBBEHA
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 39,765 3,442 1,053 2,389 536
WHITE 23,617 1,876 444 1,432 260
NONWHITE 16,148 1,566 609 957 276
-------- 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 88 3 32 53 17 0 1 16 71 3 31 37
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 7 1 2 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 2 6 6 1 0 0 1 13 2 6 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 3 32 40 7 0 1 6 68 3 31 34
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 3 12 1 0 1 0 14 0 2 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 18 0 4 14 2 0 1 1 16 0 3 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 1 6 8 2 0 0 2 13 1 6 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.6 2.8 35.6 (15-19) 9.1 - 11.9 (15-19) 45.3 4.9 71.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 22.7 - 62.5 - - - - - 28.2 - 64.5 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 31 1 4 26 14 0 2 12 17 1 2 14
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 352.3 333.3 125.0 490.6 823.5 - 2000.0 750.0 239.4 333.3 64.5 378.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 121 4 38 79 31 0 3 28 90 4 35 51
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.2 3.8 49.0 (15-19) 16.5 - 21.6 (15-19) 57.5 6.6 89.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 22.7 - - 37.7 - - - - 28.2 - - 54.1
* 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
