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(HSWWTNCO)                                        TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 2000

COUNTY: WEBSTER

                  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            10,294         760         348         412        162
WHITE             7,983         518         237         281        114
NONWHITE          2,311         242         111         131         48



                                           -------- 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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

TEENAGE BIRTHS                                26       2     12     12      11       2      4      5      15       0      8      7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS                        6       1      4      1       1       1      0      0       5       0      4      1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS                       4       0      2      2       0       0      0      0       4       0      2      2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS                   21       2     12      7       7       2      4      1      14       0      8      6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS             7       0      3      4       3       0      1      2       4       0      2      2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES             9       0      4      5       4       0      1      3       5       0      3      2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE           5       0      2      3       2       0      1      1       3       0      1      2

TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE                      34.2     5.7   58.2 (15-19)   21.2     8.4   32.0 (15-19)   62.0       -  114.5 (15-19)

TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS**                         1       0      1      0       0       0      0      0       1       0      1      0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO                   38.5       -   83.3      -       -       -      -      -    66.7       -  125.0      -

TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS#                  1       0      1      0       1       0      1      0       0       0      0      0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO           38.5       -   83.3      -    90.9       -  250.0      -       -       -      -      -

TEENAGE PREGNANCIES#                          28       2     14     12      12       2      5      5      16       0      9      7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE                      36.8     5.7   63.1 (15-19)   23.2     8.4   35.6 (15-19)   66.1       -  122.1 (15-19)

INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS               0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0       0       0      0      0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS               -       -      -      -       -       -      -      -       -       -      -      -



 * 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

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