(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: NEWTON
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 21,838 1,729 787 942 365
WHITE 14,197 991 420 571 199
NONWHITE 7,641 738 367 371 166
-------- 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 61 1 18 42 30 0 6 24 31 1 12 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 0 7 6 0 0 6 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 1 7 4 0 1 3 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 1 14 26 11 0 3 8 30 1 11 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 1 11 6 0 0 6 6 0 1 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 2 14 8 0 1 7 8 0 1 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.3 1.3 63.7 (15-19) 30.3 - 52.5 (15-19) 42.0 2.7 80.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 32.8 - 111.1 - 33.3 - 166.7 - 32.2 - 83.3 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 0 4 6 5 0 2 3 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 163.9 - 222.2 142.8 166.7 - 333.3 125.0 161.3 - 166.7 166.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 73 1 24 48 36 0 9 27 37 1 15 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.2 1.3 76.4 (15-19) 36.3 - 63.0 (15-19) 50.1 2.7 97.0 (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
