(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: SCOTT
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 24,911 1,898 920 978 433
WHITE 14,781 897 452 445 231
NONWHITE 10,130 1,001 468 533 202
-------- 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 100 1 33 66 51 1 15 35 49 0 18 31
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 7 8 7 0 3 4 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 0 7 9 5 0 2 3 11 0 5 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 78 1 28 49 30 1 11 18 48 0 17 31
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 4 14 8 0 1 7 10 0 3 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 4 23 12 0 1 11 15 0 3 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 52.7 1.1 101.2 (15-19) 56.8 2.2 112.4 (15-19) 49.0 - 91.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.0 - - 15.2 19.6 - - 28.6 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 1 6 8 6 1 2 3 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 150.0 1000.0 181.8 121.2 117.6 1000.0 133.3 85.7 183.7 - 222.2 161.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 116 2 39 75 58 2 17 39 58 0 22 36
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 61.1 2.2 116.6 (15-19) 64.7 4.4 125.8 (15-19) 57.9 - 108.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.0 - - 15.2 19.6 - - 28.6 - - - -
* 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
