(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
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 26,726 2,017 1,040 977 402
WHITE 22,557 1,615 845 770 348
NONWHITE 4,169 402 195 207 54
-------- 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 80 1 30 49 67 0 26 41 13 1 4 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 6 0 0 6 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 1 7 6 11 0 6 5 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 1 20 27 35 0 16 19 13 1 4 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 5 11 15 0 5 10 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 6 17 20 0 6 14 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 6 5 8 0 3 5 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.7 1.0 80.9 (15-19) 41.5 - 87.0 (15-19) 32.3 5.1 58.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.5 - - 20.4 14.9 - - 24.4 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 50.0 1000.0 33.3 40.8 29.8 - - 48.8 153.8 1000.0 250.0 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 85 2 31 52 70 0 26 44 15 2 5 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.1 1.9 85.0 (15-19) 43.3 - 90.9 (15-19) 37.3 10.2 62.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.5 - - 20.4 14.9 - - 24.4 - - - -
* 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
