(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: MARION
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 25,595 2,032 966 1,066 387
WHITE 17,138 1,206 558 648 224
NONWHITE 8,457 826 408 418 163
-------- 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 74 1 19 54 42 0 13 29 32 1 6 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 1 14 41 27 0 8 19 29 1 6 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 1 16 9 0 0 9 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 1 19 10 0 0 10 10 0 1 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.4 1.0 68.5 (15-19) 34.8 - 64.8 (15-19) 38.7 2.4 74.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.5 1000.0 - - - - - - 31.2 1000.0 - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 1 1 6 4 0 0 4 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 108.1 1000.0 52.6 111.1 95.2 - - 137.9 125.0 1000.0 166.7 80.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 83 3 20 60 46 0 13 33 37 3 7 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.8 3.1 75.0 (15-19) 38.1 - 71.0 (15-19) 44.8 7.4 81.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 27.0 - - 37.0 - - - - 62.5 - - 80.0
* 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
