(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: JACKSON
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 131,420 10,001 5,120 4,881 1,930
WHITE 99,026 7,031 3,612 3,419 1,337
NONWHITE 32,394 2,970 1,508 1,462 593
-------- 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 335 0 114 221 194 0 61 133 141 0 53 88
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 26 0 10 16 14 0 6 8 12 0 4 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 41 0 16 25 24 0 8 16 17 0 8 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 264 0 94 170 125 0 42 83 139 0 52 87
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 71 0 9 62 35 0 6 29 36 0 3 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 86 0 14 72 43 0 9 34 43 0 5 38
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 28 0 6 22 11 0 2 9 17 0 4 13
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.5 - 68.6 (15-19) 27.6 - 56.7 (15-19) 47.5 - 96.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.9 & 8.8 9.0 5.2 - - 7.5 21.3 & 18.9 11.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 48 3 18 27 29 1 13 15 19 2 5 12
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 143.3 & 157.9 122.2 149.5 & 213.1 112.8 134.8 & 94.3 136.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 387 4 133 250 224 1 74 149 163 3 59 101
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.7 0.8 78.5 (15-19) 31.8 0.3 65.2 (15-19) 54.9 2.0 109.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.0 - 8.8 9.1 10.3 - 16.4 7.5 7.1 - - 11.4
* 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
