(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: RANKIN
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 112,348 7,776 3,960 3,816 1,579
WHITE 90,495 6,132 3,127 3,005 1,286
NONWHITE 21,853 1,644 833 811 293
-------- 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 208 5 71 132 141 2 44 95 67 3 27 37
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 0 8 11 9 0 3 6 10 0 5 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 36 2 9 25 17 1 3 13 19 1 6 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 145 5 57 83 83 2 31 50 62 3 26 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 45 0 7 38 24 0 3 21 21 0 4 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 54 0 10 44 33 0 6 27 21 0 4 17
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 21 2 10 9 10 0 6 4 11 2 4 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 26.7 1.3 53.2 (15-19) 23.0 0.6 46.2 (15-19) 40.8 3.6 78.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.8 - 14.1 - 7.1 - 22.7 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 61 1 23 37 53 1 21 31 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 293.3 200.0 323.9 280.3 375.9 500.0 477.3 326.3 119.4 - 74.1 162.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 270 6 95 169 195 3 66 126 75 3 29 43
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.7 1.5 69.2 (15-19) 31.8 1.0 63.9 (15-19) 45.6 3.6 88.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 19.2 - 56.3 - 7.1 - 22.7 - 44.8 - 111.1 -
* 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
