(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: MONROE
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 38,014 2,887 1,484 1,403 509
WHITE 25,991 1,772 923 849 318
NONWHITE 12,023 1,115 561 554 191
-------- 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 111 3 44 64 65 0 25 40 46 3 19 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 4 12 5 0 0 5 12 1 4 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 19 2 9 8 6 0 2 4 13 2 7 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 90 3 39 48 44 0 20 24 46 3 19 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 24 0 6 18 13 0 4 9 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 8 19 13 0 4 9 14 0 4 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 6 4 5 0 4 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.4 2.0 77.0 (15-19) 36.7 - 76.6 (15-19) 41.2 5.3 77.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.0 - - 15.6 15.4 - - 25.0 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 0 4 9 4 0 0 4 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 117.1 - 90.9 140.6 61.5 - - 100.0 195.6 - 210.5 208.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 125 3 48 74 70 0 25 45 55 3 23 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.3 2.0 87.0 (15-19) 39.5 - 82.4 (15-19) 49.3 5.3 93.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.0 - - 15.6 - - - - 21.7 - - 41.7
* 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
