(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: PEARL RIVER
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 47,969 3,660 1,774 1,886 697
WHITE 40,064 2,882 1,415 1,467 580
NONWHITE 7,905 778 359 419 117
-------- 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 137 3 54 80 102 1 40 61 35 2 14 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 1 7 6 8 1 4 3 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 10 7 13 0 9 4 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 95 3 44 48 62 1 31 30 33 2 13 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 25 0 10 15 18 0 7 11 7 0 3 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 34 0 12 22 27 0 9 18 7 0 3 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.4 1.7 71.0 (15-19) 35.4 0.7 68.8 (15-19) 45.0 5.6 78.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 21.9 - 18.5 25.0 - - - - 85.7 - 71.4 105.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 140 3 55 82 102 1 40 61 38 2 15 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.2 1.7 72.6 (15-19) 35.4 0.7 68.8 (15-19) 48.8 5.6 85.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.3 - - 12.5 9.8 - - 16.4 - - - -
* 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
