(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: SIMPSON
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 27,639 2,064 1,073 991 388
WHITE 17,796 1,145 588 557 218
NONWHITE 9,843 919 485 434 170
-------- 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 82 0 36 46 36 0 12 24 46 0 24 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 5 6 4 0 1 3 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 5 7 5 0 1 4 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 66 0 33 33 21 0 9 12 45 0 24 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 3 17 6 0 1 5 14 0 2 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 3 20 9 0 1 8 14 0 2 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 4 5 3 0 0 3 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.7 - 82.7 (15-19) 31.4 - 64.6 (15-19) 50.0 - 106.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 17 0 5 12 7 0 3 4 10 0 2 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 207.3 - 138.9 260.9 194.4 - 250.0 166.7 217.4 - 83.3 363.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 99 0 41 58 43 0 15 28 56 0 26 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.0 - 99.9 (15-19) 37.6 - 77.2 (15-19) 60.9 - 129.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.2 - - 21.7 27.8 - - 41.7 - - - -
* 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
