(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: HANCOCK
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 42,967 2,971 1,591 1,380 578
WHITE 38,752 2,591 1,390 1,201 519
NONWHITE 4,215 380 201 179 59
-------- 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 91 1 29 61 78 0 27 51 13 1 2 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 0 7 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 4 8 12 0 4 8 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 1 24 50 62 0 22 40 13 1 2 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 3 20 20 0 2 18 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 28 0 5 23 25 0 4 21 3 0 1 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 1 9 8 0 1 7 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.6 0.6 65.2 (15-19) 30.1 - 64.9 (15-19) 34.2 5.0 67.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 22.0 - 69.0 - 25.6 - 74.1 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 4 2 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 65.9 - 137.9 32.8 76.9 - 148.1 39.2 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 99 1 35 63 86 0 33 53 13 1 2 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 33.3 0.6 71.0 (15-19) 33.2 - 71.6 (15-19) 34.2 5.0 67.0 (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
