(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: JONES
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 64,958 4,911 2,241 2,670 1,047
WHITE 46,192 3,117 1,396 1,721 642
NONWHITE 18,766 1,794 845 949 405
-------- 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 198 10 71 117 90 3 34 53 108 7 37 64
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 32 2 10 20 7 0 3 4 25 2 7 16
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 25 2 4 19 8 0 1 7 17 2 3 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 153 10 55 88 47 3 18 26 106 7 37 62
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 63 1 13 49 23 0 4 19 40 1 9 30
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 72 1 18 53 26 0 7 19 46 1 11 34
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 1 4 9 5 0 2 3 9 1 2 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.3 4.5 70.4 (15-19) 28.9 2.1 50.6 (15-19) 60.2 8.3 106.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.2 - 14.1 17.1 11.1 - - 18.9 18.5 - 27.0 15.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 25 4 5 16 11 1 2 8 14 3 3 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 126.3 400.0 70.4 136.8 122.2 333.3 58.8 150.9 129.6 428.6 81.1 125.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 226 14 77 135 102 4 36 62 124 10 41 73
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.0 6.2 79.4 (15-19) 32.7 2.9 56.9 (15-19) 69.1 11.8 120.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 15.2 - 28.2 8.5 11.1 - 29.4 - 18.5 - 27.0 15.6
* 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
