



(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
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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
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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



