(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: COPIAH
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 28,757 2,538 1,128 1,410 461
WHITE 13,747 960 432 528 194
NONWHITE 15,010 1,578 696 882 267
-------- 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 94 4 30 60 26 0 7 19 68 4 23 41
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 4 13 4 0 0 4 13 0 4 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 28 0 7 21 5 0 1 4 23 0 6 17
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 73 4 26 43 8 0 3 5 65 4 23 38
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 24 0 4 20 6 0 2 4 18 0 2 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 4 23 8 0 2 6 19 0 2 17
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 6 2 2 0 1 1 7 1 5 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.0 3.5 63.8 (15-19) 27.1 - 49.2 (15-19) 43.1 5.7 72.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 42.6 - 33.3 50.0 - - - - 58.8 - 43.5 73.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 1 11 4 3 0 3 0 13 1 8 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 170.2 250.0 366.7 66.7 115.4 - 428.6 - 191.2 250.0 347.8 97.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 114 5 42 67 29 0 10 19 85 5 32 48
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.9 4.4 77.3 (15-19) 30.2 - 54.9 (15-19) 53.9 7.2 90.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 31.9 - - 50.0 - - - - 44.1 - - 73.2
* 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
