(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: ITAWAMBA
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 22,770 1,713 802 911 282
WHITE 21,055 1,522 742 780 262
NONWHITE 1,715 191 60 131 20
-------- 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 44 0 7 37 41 0 6 35 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 23 0 6 17 20 0 5 15 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 1 11 10 0 0 10 2 0 1 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 1 13 11 0 0 11 3 0 1 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.7 - 48.3 (15-19) 26.9 - 52.6 (15-19) 15.7 - 22.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 22.7 - 142.8 - 24.4 - 166.7 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 90.9 - 285.7 54.0 48.8 - 333.3 - 666.7 - - 1000.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 49 0 10 39 44 0 9 35 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 28.6 - 53.8 (15-19) 28.9 - 56.4 (15-19) 26.2 - 38.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 22.7 - - 27.0 24.4 - - 28.6 - - - -
* 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
