(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: WEBSTER
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 10,633 763 356 407 137
WHITE 8,111 529 251 278 109
NONWHITE 2,522 234 105 129 28
-------- 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 28 2 11 15 18 2 7 9 10 0 4 6
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 2 2 4 6 2 1 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18 1 8 9 8 1 4 3 10 0 4 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 1 6 5 0 1 4 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.7 5.6 63.9 (15-19) 34.0 8.0 57.6 (15-19) 42.7 - 77.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 35.7 - - 66.7 - - - - 100.0 - - 166.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 178.6 - 181.8 200.0 111.1 - 142.8 111.1 300.0 - 250.0 333.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 34 2 13 19 20 2 8 10 14 0 5 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.6 5.6 78.6 (15-19) 37.8 8.0 64.7 (15-19) 59.8 - 108.5 (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
