(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: YAZOO
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 25,208 2,046 1,056 990 437
WHITE 11,262 687 375 312 148
NONWHITE 13,946 1,359 681 678 289
-------- 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 115 3 41 71 23 0 9 14 92 3 32 57
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 4 10 1 0 1 0 13 0 3 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 23 1 6 16 2 0 1 1 21 1 5 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 101 3 38 60 13 0 6 7 88 3 32 53
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 32 0 8 24 1 0 0 1 31 0 8 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 41 0 11 30 5 0 1 4 36 0 10 26
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 19 2 7 10 1 0 0 1 18 2 7 9
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 56.2 2.8 113.1 (15-19) 33.5 - 73.7 (15-19) 67.7 4.4 131.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 1 5 9 2 0 1 1 13 1 4 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 130.4 333.3 122.0 126.8 87.0 - 111.1 71.4 141.3 333.3 125.0 140.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 130 4 46 80 25 0 10 15 105 4 36 65
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 63.5 3.8 127.3 (15-19) 36.4 - 80.1 (15-19) 77.3 5.9 149.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 8.7 - 24.4 - - - - - 10.9 - 31.3 -
* 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
