(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: OKTIBBEHA
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 42,902 3,729 1,239 2,490 568
WHITE 25,167 1,858 485 1,373 264
NONWHITE 17,735 1,871 754 1,117 304
-------- 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 81 4 27 50 13 0 3 10 68 4 24 40
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 2 10 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 5 12 3 0 0 3 14 0 5 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 73 4 25 44 6 0 2 4 67 4 23 40
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 3 12 1 0 0 1 14 0 3 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 4 18 2 0 0 2 20 0 4 16
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 4 7 2 0 0 2 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 21.7 3.2 30.9 (15-19) 7.0 - 9.5 (15-19) 36.3 5.3 57.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 19 0 4 15 6 0 0 6 13 0 4 9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 234.6 - 148.1 300.0 461.5 - - 600.0 191.2 - 166.7 225.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 100 4 31 65 19 0 3 16 81 4 28 49
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.8 3.2 38.6 (15-19) 10.2 - 13.8 (15-19) 43.3 5.3 68.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.3 - - 20.0 - - - - 14.7 - - 25.0
* 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
