(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: TALLAHATCHIE
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 14,587 1,267 617 650 207
WHITE 5,652 337 162 175 57
NONWHITE 8,935 930 455 475 150
-------- 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 60 1 21 38 7 0 0 7 53 1 21 31
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 53 1 21 31 2 0 0 2 51 1 21 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 2 14 3 0 0 3 13 0 2 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 3 16 4 0 0 4 15 0 3 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.4 1.6 90.8 (15-19) 20.8 - 40.0 (15-19) 57.0 2.2 109.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 16.7 - - 26.3 - - - - 18.9 - - 32.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 61 1 21 39 7 0 0 7 54 1 21 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.1 1.6 92.3 (15-19) 20.8 - 40.0 (15-19) 58.1 2.2 111.6 (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
