(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: NESHOBA
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 28,684 2,259 1,116 1,143 479
WHITE 18,788 1,243 616 627 253
NONWHITE 9,896 1,016 500 516 226
-------- 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 84 5 35 44 35 0 15 20 49 5 20 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 2 8 4 4 0 3 1 10 2 5 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 57 5 26 26 11 0 6 5 46 5 20 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 3 9 3 0 1 2 9 0 2 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 4 10 3 0 1 2 11 0 3 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.2 4.5 69.1 (15-19) 28.2 - 55.8 (15-19) 48.2 10.0 85.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 35.7 200.0 28.6 22.7 57.1 - 66.7 50.0 20.4 200.0 - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 87 6 36 45 37 0 16 21 50 6 20 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.5 5.4 70.9 (15-19) 29.8 - 59.0 (15-19) 49.2 12.0 85.3 (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
