(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: HINDS
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 250,800 20,344 9,513 10,831 4,014
WHITE 93,584 5,725 2,407 3,318 1,044
NONWHITE 157,216 14,619 7,106 7,513 2,970
-------- 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 739 34 275 430 88 0 30 58 651 34 245 372
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 110 10 35 65 7 0 3 4 103 10 32 61
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 151 9 57 85 11 0 4 7 140 9 53 78
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 689 34 263 392 56 0 22 34 633 34 241 358
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 223 1 45 177 17 0 3 14 206 1 42 163
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 278 2 61 215 24 0 6 18 254 2 55 197
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 113 10 41 62 5 0 2 3 108 10 39 59
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.3 3.6 65.1 (15-19) 15.4 - 26.5 (15-19) 44.5 4.8 82.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 16 1 6 9 0 0 0 0 16 1 6 9
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.6 29.4 21.8 20.9 - - - - 24.6 29.4 24.5 24.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 288 20 80 188 35 0 6 29 253 20 74 159
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 389.7 588.2 290.9 437.2 397.7 - 200.0 500.0 388.6 588.2 302.0 427.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,043 55 361 627 123 0 36 87 920 55 325 540
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.3 5.8 91.2 (15-19) 21.5 - 37.1 (15-19) 62.9 7.7 115.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 16 1 4 11 2 0 1 1 14 1 3 10
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 21.7 29.4 14.5 25.6 22.7 - 33.3 17.2 21.5 29.4 12.2 26.9
* 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
