(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: PRENTISS
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 24,497 1,939 822 1,117 325
WHITE 21,188 1,588 675 913 271
NONWHITE 3,309 351 147 204 54
-------- 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 64 0 17 47 54 0 14 40 10 0 3 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 0 10 25 26 0 7 19 9 0 3 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 1 12 11 0 1 10 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 1 15 13 0 1 12 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.0 - 57.3 (15-19) 34.0 - 59.1 (15-19) 28.5 - 49.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 46.9 - - 63.8 37.0 - - 50.0 100.0 - - 142.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 31.2 - 117.6 - 18.5 - 71.4 - 100.0 - 333.3 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 69 0 19 50 57 0 15 42 12 0 4 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.6 - 61.8 (15-19) 35.9 - 62.4 (15-19) 34.2 - 58.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 15.6 - - 21.3 18.5 - - 25.0 - - - -
* 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
