(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: SCOTT
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 28,423 2,237 1,138 1,099 460
WHITE 16,258 1,126 570 556 240
NONWHITE 12,165 1,111 568 543 220
-------- 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 100 5 33 62 44 1 16 27 56 4 17 35
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 18 2 5 11 9 0 3 6 9 2 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 2 7 8 5 0 1 4 12 2 6 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 78 5 26 47 23 1 9 13 55 4 17 34
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 31 0 5 26 13 0 3 10 18 0 2 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 36 0 8 28 16 0 5 11 20 0 3 17
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 3 5 1 4 1 3 0 5 2 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.7 4.4 86.4 (15-19) 39.1 1.8 77.3 (15-19) 50.4 7.0 95.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.0 - 30.3 16.1 22.7 - 62.5 - 17.8 - - 28.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 11 1 7 3 6 0 4 2 5 1 3 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 110.0 200.0 212.1 48.4 136.4 - 250.0 74.1 89.3 250.0 176.5 28.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 113 6 41 66 51 1 21 29 62 5 20 37
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.5 5.3 97.4 (15-19) 45.3 1.8 89.9 (15-19) 55.8 8.8 105.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 20.0 - 30.3 16.1 45.5 - 62.5 37.0 - - - -
* 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
