(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: FORREST
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 72,604 5,827 2,365 3,462 1,092
WHITE 46,717 3,262 1,252 2,010 614
NONWHITE 25,887 2,565 1,113 1,452 478
-------- 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 206 7 64 135 91 1 21 69 115 6 43 66
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 29 1 10 18 10 0 1 9 19 1 9 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 32 2 10 20 10 0 2 8 22 2 8 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 7 57 100 54 1 16 37 110 6 41 63
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 56 0 11 45 23 0 4 19 33 0 7 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 65 0 13 52 28 0 5 23 37 0 8 29
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 18 2 7 9 2 0 0 2 16 2 7 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.4 3.0 57.5 (15-19) 27.9 0.8 44.8 (15-19) 44.8 5.4 75.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 43 1 9 33 20 1 3 16 23 0 6 17
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 208.7 142.8 140.6 244.4 219.8 1000.0 142.8 231.9 200.0 - 139.5 257.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 249 8 73 168 111 2 24 85 138 6 49 83
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.7 3.4 69.6 (15-19) 34.0 1.6 54.2 (15-19) 53.8 5.4 90.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.7 - 31.3 - - - - - 17.4 - 46.5 -
* 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
