



(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: RANKIN
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 115,327 8,271 4,154 4,117 1,698
WHITE 93,450 6,384 3,233 3,151 1,373
NONWHITE 21,877 1,887 921 966 325
-------- 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 205 2 63 140 144 1 40 103 61 1 23 37
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 34 0 11 23 18 0 6 12 16 0 5 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 54 0 15 39 33 0 9 24 21 0 6 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 153 2 50 101 92 1 27 64 61 1 23 37
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 41 0 11 30 29 0 8 21 12 0 3 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 56 0 14 42 40 0 10 30 16 0 4 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 21 0 8 13 10 0 4 6 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 24.8 0.5 49.3 (15-19) 22.6 0.3 45.4 (15-19) 32.3 1.1 62.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.6 - 15.9 14.3 13.9 - - 19.4 16.4 - 43.5 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 56 1 16 39 41 1 9 31 15 0 7 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 273.2 500.0 254.0 278.6 284.7 1000.0 225.0 301.0 245.9 - 304.3 216.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 264 3 80 181 187 2 49 136 77 1 31 45
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 31.9 0.7 63.4 (15-19) 29.3 0.6 58.7 (15-19) 40.8 1.1 78.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 4.9 - - 7.1 - - - - 16.4 - - 27.0
* 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



