(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: BOLIVAR
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 40,633 3,762 1,714 2,048 670
WHITE 13,507 872 344 528 157
NONWHITE 27,126 2,890 1,370 1,520 513
-------- 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 173 6 71 96 11 2 4 5 162 4 67 91
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 0 12 9 1 0 1 0 20 0 11 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 34 2 13 19 1 0 1 0 33 2 12 19
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 170 6 71 93 10 2 4 4 160 4 67 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 53 0 13 40 4 0 1 3 49 0 12 37
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 62 0 17 45 5 0 2 3 57 0 15 42
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 12 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 10 0 5 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.0 3.5 81.5 (15-19) 12.6 5.8 17.0 (15-19) 56.0 2.9 103.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.1 - - 41.7 - - - - 24.7 - - 44.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 12 1 4 7 3 0 2 1 9 1 2 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 69.4 166.7 56.3 72.9 272.7 - 500.0 200.0 55.6 250.0 29.8 65.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 189 7 75 107 14 2 6 6 175 5 69 101
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.2 4.1 88.9 (15-19) 16.0 5.8 22.7 (15-19) 60.6 3.6 111.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.6 - 14.1 10.4 - - - - 12.3 - 14.9 11.0
* 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
