(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
COUNTY: ADAMS
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 33,657 2,493 1,199 1,294 465
WHITE 16,351 955 483 472 145
NONWHITE 17,306 1,538 716 822 320
-------- 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 82 2 24 56 8 0 0 8 74 2 24 48
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 6 10 1 0 0 1 16 1 6 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 78 2 24 52 5 0 0 5 73 2 24 47
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 5 15 1 0 0 1 19 0 5 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 5 21 1 0 0 1 25 0 5 20
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.9 1.7 61.8 (15-19) 8.4 - 16.9 (15-19) 48.1 2.8 87.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 24.4 - - 35.7 - - - - 27.0 - - 41.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 1 4 8 5 0 1 4 8 1 3 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 158.5 500.0 166.7 142.8 625.0 - ## 500.0 108.1 500.0 125.0 83.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 97 3 28 66 13 0 1 12 84 3 27 54
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.9 2.5 72.6 (15-19) 13.6 - 27.5 (15-19) 54.6 4.2 98.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.2 - - 17.9 - - - - 13.5 - - 20.8
* 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
