(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: PEARL RIVER
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 48,621 3,817 1,898 1,919 662
WHITE 41,596 3,147 1,576 1,571 555
NONWHITE 7,025 670 322 348 107
-------- 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 140 1 48 91 112 0 36 76 28 1 12 15
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 5 0 1 4 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 3 10 10 0 3 7 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 89 1 37 51 61 0 25 36 28 1 12 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 35 0 8 27 27 0 5 22 8 0 3 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 43 0 11 32 32 0 7 25 11 0 4 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 12 0 9 3 7 0 4 3 5 0 5 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.7 0.5 72.4 (15-19) 35.6 - 71.3 (15-19) 41.8 3.1 77.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.3 - 41.7 - 17.8 - 55.6 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 14.3 - - 22.0 17.8 - - 26.3 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 144 1 50 93 116 0 38 78 28 1 12 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.7 0.5 74.5 (15-19) 36.9 - 73.8 (15-19) 41.8 3.1 77.6 (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
