(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: SHARKEY
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 6,543 653 332 321 113
WHITE 2,034 132 74 58 15
NONWHITE 4,509 521 258 263 98
-------- 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 33 0 14 19 1 0 0 1 32 0 14 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 32 0 14 18 1 0 0 1 31 0 14 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.5 - 102.8 (15-19) 7.6 - 17.2 (15-19) 61.4 - 121.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 30.3 - - 52.6 - - - - 31.2 - - 55.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 90.9 - 71.4 105.3 - - - - 93.8 - 71.4 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 37 0 15 22 1 0 0 1 36 0 15 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.7 - 115.3 (15-19) 7.6 - 17.2 (15-19) 69.1 - 136.9 (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
