(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: SUNFLOWER
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 34,369 2,862 1,276 1,586 557
WHITE 9,927 574 228 346 106
NONWHITE 24,442 2,288 1,048 1,240 451
-------- 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 162 8 53 101 15 0 2 13 147 8 51 88
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 34 2 10 22 7 0 1 6 27 2 9 16
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 59 4 20 35 8 0 1 7 51 4 19 28
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 8 53 95 10 0 2 8 146 8 51 87
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 50 1 7 42 4 0 0 4 46 1 7 38
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 56 1 8 47 4 0 0 4 52 1 8 43
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 1 2 11 0 0 0 0 14 1 2 11
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 56.6 6.3 97.1 (15-19) 26.1 - 43.4 (15-19) 64.2 7.6 112.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.2 - 18.9 - - - - - 6.8 - 19.6 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 5 1 3 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 49.4 125.0 56.6 39.6 200.0 - - 230.8 34.0 125.0 58.8 11.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 171 9 57 105 18 0 2 16 153 9 55 89
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.7 7.0 102.1 (15-19) 31.4 - 52.0 (15-19) 66.9 8.6 116.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 12.3 - 18.9 9.9 - - - - 13.6 - 19.6 11.4
* 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
