(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: HARRISON
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 189,601 13,508 6,589 6,919 2,988
WHITE 138,692 8,965 4,377 4,588 2,095
NONWHITE 50,909 4,543 2,212 2,331 893
-------- 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 513 6 183 324 306 2 96 208 207 4 87 116
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 55 1 27 27 27 0 12 15 28 1 15 12
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 71 0 27 44 33 0 10 23 38 0 17 21
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 402 6 166 230 210 2 81 127 192 4 85 103
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 115 0 19 96 59 0 6 53 56 0 13 43
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 151 0 28 123 88 0 13 75 63 0 15 48
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 72 2 26 44 36 1 10 25 36 1 16 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.0 0.9 73.3 (15-19) 34.1 0.4 66.3 (15-19) 45.6 1.8 87.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 7.8 - 10.9 6.2 6.5 - - 9.6 9.7 - 23.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 65 5 25 35 40 2 15 23 25 3 10 12
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 126.7 833.3 136.6 108.0 130.7 1000.0 156.2 110.6 120.8 750.0 114.9 103.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 582 11 210 361 348 4 111 233 234 7 99 128
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.1 1.7 82.5 (15-19) 38.8 0.9 75.0 (15-19) 51.5 3.2 97.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 11 0 4 7 7 0 3 4 4 0 1 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 21.4 - 21.9 21.6 22.9 - 31.3 19.2 19.3 - 11.5 25.9
* 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
