(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
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 64,265 5,578 2,748 2,830 1,104
WHITE 25,251 1,608 842 766 247
NONWHITE 39,014 3,970 1,906 2,064 857
-------- 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 302 10 102 190 37 0 7 30 265 10 95 160
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 36 2 11 23 2 0 0 2 34 2 11 21
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 54 3 26 25 4 0 1 3 50 3 25 22
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 279 10 98 171 21 0 4 17 258 10 94 154
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 108 0 24 84 9 0 1 8 99 0 23 76
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 118 0 27 91 12 0 1 11 106 0 26 80
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 35 2 12 21 3 0 1 2 32 2 11 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 54.1 3.6 103.2 (15-19) 23.0 - 48.3 (15-19) 66.8 5.2 123.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.9 - 19.6 21.0 54.0 - - 66.7 15.1 - 21.0 12.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 33 2 7 24 4 0 1 3 29 2 6 21
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 109.3 200.0 68.6 126.3 108.1 - 142.8 100.0 109.4 200.0 63.2 131.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 341 12 111 218 43 0 8 35 298 12 103 183
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 61.1 4.4 116.2 (15-19) 26.7 - 56.1 (15-19) 75.1 6.3 138.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 16.6 - 19.6 15.8 27.0 - - 33.3 15.1 - 21.1 12.5
* 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
