(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: UNION
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 24,121 1,774 878 896 386
WHITE 20,157 1,409 701 708 306
NONWHITE 3,964 365 177 188 80
-------- 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 73 1 24 48 55 0 14 41 18 1 10 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 10 7 12 0 5 7 5 0 5 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 6 6 9 0 3 6 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 42 1 20 21 26 0 10 16 16 1 10 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 6 12 11 0 2 9 7 0 4 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 6 20 17 0 2 15 9 0 4 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.2 1.1 80.4 (15-19) 39.0 - 77.7 (15-19) 49.3 5.6 90.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 73 1 24 48 55 0 14 41 18 1 10 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.2 1.1 80.4 (15-19) 39.0 - 77.7 (15-19) 49.3 5.6 90.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 27.4 - 41.7 20.8 36.4 - 71.4 24.4 - - - -
* 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
