(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: HOLMES
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 21,609 2,091 920 1,171 419
WHITE 4,424 311 97 214 49
NONWHITE 17,185 1,780 823 957 370
-------- 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 106 8 31 67 8 0 0 8 98 8 31 59
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 2 4 9 1 0 0 1 14 2 4 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 32 3 12 17 1 0 0 1 31 3 12 16
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 100 8 31 61 4 0 0 4 96 8 31 57
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 4 16 1 0 0 1 19 0 4 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 4 19 1 0 0 1 22 0 4 18
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 16 0 6 10 2 0 0 2 14 0 6 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.7 8.7 83.7 (15-19) 25.7 - 37.4 (15-19) 55.0 9.7 94.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.9 - - 29.8 - - - - 20.4 - - 33.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 2 5 9 2 0 0 2 14 2 5 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 150.9 250.0 161.3 134.3 250.0 - - 250.0 142.8 250.0 161.3 118.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 124 10 36 78 10 0 0 10 114 10 36 68
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.3 10.9 97.4 (15-19) 32.2 - 46.7 (15-19) 64.0 12.2 108.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.4 125.0 - - - - - - 10.2 125.0 - -
* 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
