(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
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 62,977 5,461 2,632 2,829 1,137
WHITE 21,393 1,328 635 693 276
NONWHITE 41,584 4,133 1,997 2,136 861
-------- 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 254 7 95 152 29 0 8 21 225 7 87 131
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 26 0 8 18 1 0 1 0 25 0 7 18
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 50 3 19 28 5 0 1 4 45 3 18 24
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 241 7 92 142 20 0 5 15 221 7 87 127
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 83 0 12 71 7 0 0 7 76 0 12 64
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 94 0 15 79 9 0 0 9 85 0 15 70
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 26 1 10 15 2 0 1 1 24 1 9 14
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.5 2.7 87.3 (15-19) 21.8 - 41.8 (15-19) 54.4 3.5 102.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.7 - 10.5 26.3 69.0 - - 95.2 13.3 - 11.5 15.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 29 3 9 17 9 0 3 6 20 3 6 11
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 114.2 428.6 94.7 111.8 310.3 - 375.0 285.7 88.9 428.6 69.0 84.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 288 10 105 173 40 0 11 29 248 10 94 144
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.7 3.8 98.3 (15-19) 30.1 - 57.7 (15-19) 60.0 5.0 111.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 15.7 - 31.6 6.6 - - - - 17.8 - 34.5 7.6
* 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
