(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: CHICKASAW
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 19,440 1,484 784 700 314
WHITE 11,060 641 335 306 159
NONWHITE 8,380 843 449 394 155
-------- 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 68 1 29 38 22 0 9 13 46 1 20 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 1 8 5 2 0 0 2 12 1 8 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 10 6 2 0 0 2 15 1 10 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 58 1 27 30 14 0 7 7 44 1 20 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 3 16 3 0 1 2 16 0 2 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 5 20 6 0 1 5 19 0 4 15
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 5 5 1 0 1 0 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.8 1.3 95.7 (15-19) 34.3 - 71.9 (15-19) 54.6 2.2 114.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 6 1 3 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 102.9 1000.0 103.4 78.9 45.4 - - 76.9 130.4 1000.0 150.0 80.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 75 2 32 41 23 0 9 14 52 2 23 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.5 2.6 104.3 (15-19) 35.9 - 75.2 (15-19) 61.7 4.4 126.9 (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
