(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: DESOTO
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 107,199 7,618 4,222 3,396 1,815
WHITE 91,950 6,353 3,529 2,824 1,581
NONWHITE 15,249 1,265 693 572 234
-------- 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 207 5 71 131 160 3 48 109 47 2 23 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 4 9 6 0 2 4 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 19 1 7 11 14 0 5 9 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 157 5 61 91 113 3 38 72 44 2 23 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 44 0 5 39 35 0 3 32 9 0 2 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 56 0 6 50 44 0 4 40 12 0 2 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 0 5 10 11 0 3 8 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 27.2 1.2 59.5 (15-19) 25.2 0.8 55.6 (15-19) 37.2 2.9 78.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 0 5 4 6 0 4 2 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 43.5 - 70.4 30.5 37.5 - 83.3 18.3 63.8 - 43.5 90.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 216 5 76 135 166 3 52 111 50 2 24 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 28.4 1.2 62.1 (15-19) 26.1 0.8 57.7 (15-19) 39.5 2.9 83.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 4.8 - 14.1 - - - - - 21.3 - 43.5 -
* 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
