(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
COUNTY: YAZOO
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 28,149 2,195 1,100 1,095 489
WHITE 12,593 735 365 370 164
NONWHITE 15,556 1,460 735 725 325
-------- 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 119 3 59 57 20 0 10 10 99 3 49 47
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 1 9 12 2 0 2 0 20 1 7 12
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 28 1 16 11 3 0 3 0 25 1 13 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 112 3 58 51 13 0 9 4 99 3 49 47
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 34 0 10 24 2 0 1 1 32 0 9 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 38 0 10 28 3 0 1 2 35 0 9 26
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 25 2 7 16 4 0 1 3 21 2 6 13
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 54.2 2.7 105.9 (15-19) 27.2 - 54.0 (15-19) 67.8 4.1 132.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.8 - 33.9 - - - - - 20.2 - 40.8 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 22 3 9 10 7 0 2 5 15 3 7 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 184.9 1000.0 152.5 175.4 350.0 - 200.0 500.0 151.5 1000.0 142.8 106.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 143 6 70 67 27 0 12 15 116 6 58 52
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 65.1 5.4 125.1 (15-19) 36.7 - 73.0 (15-19) 79.4 8.2 151.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 25.2 333.3 - 35.1 - - - - 30.3 333.3 - 42.6
* 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
