(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: JASPER
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 18,149 1,430 699 731 288
WHITE 8,433 493 220 273 101
NONWHITE 9,716 937 479 458 187
-------- 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 49 0 17 32 13 0 3 10 36 0 14 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 40 0 15 25 4 0 1 3 36 0 14 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 0 14 3 0 0 3 11 0 0 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 0 16 4 0 0 4 12 0 0 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.3 - 67.0 (15-19) 26.4 - 47.6 (15-19) 38.4 - 78.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.4 - 58.8 - 76.9 - 333.3 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 102.0 - 176.5 62.5 76.9 - - 100.0 111.1 - 214.3 45.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 55 0 21 34 15 0 4 11 40 0 17 23
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.5 - 75.2 (15-19) 30.4 - 54.9 (15-19) 42.7 - 87.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS - - - - - - - - - - - -
* 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
