Previous PageTable Of ContentsNext Page

(HSWWTNCO)                                        TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1999

COUNTY: PANOLA

                  TOTAL     FEMALES     FEMALES     FEMALES      TOTAL
             POPULATION        AGES        AGES        AGES       LIVE
RACE           ALL AGES       10-19       10-14       15-19     BIRTHS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL            33,913       2,818       1,376       1,442        590
WHITE            16,549       1,010         517         493        237
NONWHITE         17,364       1,808         859         949        353



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                               136       4     51     81      42       1     14     27      94       3     37     54
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                       13       1      7      5       2       1      0      1      11       0      7      4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                      31       2     16     13       7       1      2      4      24       1     14      9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                  117       4     45     68      26       1      8     17      91       3     37     51
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS            43       1     11     31       6       0      2      4      37       1      9     27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES            51       1     14     36       9       0      3      6      42       1     11     30
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE          13       0      5      8       1       0      0      1      12       0      5      7

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      48.3     2.9   91.5 (15-19)   41.6     1.9   83.2 (15-19)   52.0     3.5   95.9 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         3       0      0      3       0       0      0      0       3       0      0      3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                   22.0       -      -   37.0       -       -      -      -    31.9       -      -   55.6

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                  2       1      1      0       1       0      1      0       1       1      0      0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           14.7   250.0   19.6      -    23.8       -   71.4      -    10.6   333.3      -      -

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                         141       5     52     84      43       1     15     27      98       4     37     57
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      50.0     3.6   94.3 (15-19)   42.6     1.9   85.2 (15-19)   54.2     4.6   99.0 (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

Previous PageTable Of ContentsNext Page