TABLE 18B
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE,
RACE, AND AGE GROUP OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
STATE 38.9 2.4 73.1 28.4 0.6 54.5 50.4 4.4 93.5
ADAMS 33.7 3.1 63.4 12.5 - 24.5 45.8 4.8 85.9
ALCORN 31.1 1.8 60.9 27.1 - 54.5 51.1 10.5 93.4
AMITE 21.8 - 41.7 16.8 - 32.2 25.8 - 49.5
ATTALA 30.5 4.0 57.2 25.9 - 49.3 34.6 7.3 65.0
BENTON 49.6 - 97.9 47.9 - 98.6 51.5 - 97.2
BOLIVAR 40.9 4.1 71.8 12.6 2.9 18.9 49.5 4.4 90.1
CALHOUN 45.4 - 89.7 44.6 - 85.6 46.6 - 95.9
CARROLL 28.1 - 56.1 23.5 - 43.7 33.7 - 73.6
CHICKASAW 47.8 3.8 97.1 46.8 6.0 91.5 48.6 2.2 101.5
CHOCTAW 29.2 - 58.0 29.1 - 58.1 29.3 - 57.8
CLAIBORNE 36.3 - 57.8 13.5 - 30.3 37.8 - 59.1
CLARKE 39.2 1.5 76.1 34.5 - 71.8 44.8 3.6 80.7
CLAY 47.8 5.5 89.5 23.6 - 48.0 58.4 8.0 107.0
COAHOMA 62.2 5.0 119.2 30.9 - 68.3 69.8 6.3 130.2
COPIAH 34.7 0.9 61.7 28.1 - 51.1 38.6 1.4 68.0
COVINGTON 44.7 1.2 90.9 40.1 2.2 83.1 49.9 - 99.2
DESOTO 26.8 - 60.1 26.0 - 58.4 30.8 - 68.2
FORREST 38.4 2.5 63.0 30.3 0.8 48.8 48.7 4.5 82.6
FRANKLIN 44.1 - 82.9 36.3 - 64.0 51.8 - 103.8
GEORGE 48.6 1.4 96.2 46.2 1.6 90.9 66.3 - 137.5
GREENE 35.2 2.3 69.9 31.8 - 66.0 44.6 8.9 80.4
GRENADA 33.3 - 72.6 20.4 - 45.0 45.8 - 98.6
HANCOCK 32.3 1.2 68.1 33.6 1.4 70.8 23.7 - 50.3
HARRISON 38.1 1.8 72.7 32.6 0.9 62.8 49.1 3.6 92.2
HINDS 45.1 4.6 80.6 19.4 0.4 33.2 55.1 6.0 101.4
HOLMES 52.6 6.5 88.8 3.2 - 4.7 61.2 7.3 107.6
HUMPHREYS 76.3 9.9 133.3 25.9 - 44.2 87.2 11.8 154.7
ISSAQUENA 25.0 9.1 44.4 - - - 34.5 12.2 63.5
ITAWAMBA 24.5 - 46.1 25.6 - 50.0 15.7 - 22.9
JACKSON 38.0 1.4 76.4 33.8 0.6 69.0 47.8 3.3 93.7
JASPER 37.1 4.3 68.4 34.5 - 62.3 38.4 6.3 72.0
JEFFERSON 50.2 2.4 97.0 14.9 - 31.2 53.2 2.6 102.2
JEFF DAVIS 30.0 1.8 56.8 29.9 - 55.3 30.0 2.5 57.6
JONES 42.2 1.8 76.0 34.3 0.7 61.6 55.7 3.6 102.2
KEMPER 31.4 - 54.0 19.4 - 30.5 36.9 - 66.2
LAFAYETTE 17.5 2.0 24.4 8.4 - 11.5 38.3 5.2 59.5
LAMAR 29.9 1.3 56.8 28.2 - 54.4 37.6 7.2 68.1
LAUDERDALE 43.1 2.5 81.8 25.9 - 51.6 59.9 5.0 110.3
LAWRENCE 36.8 2.0 70.9 32.9 3.3 61.7 42.8 - 85.0
LEAKE 43.7 2.7 82.8 42.4 - 82.6 44.9 5.1 82.9
LEE 35.8 1.8 71.5 30.7 1.1 61.6 45.5 3.0 90.4
LEFLORE 44.6 4.6 80.5 29.9 - 59.7 48.4 5.8 85.5
TABLE 18B - PAGE 2
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATES - MISSISSIPPI - 2001
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
LINCOLN 34.5 - 66.1 22.9 - 43.8 53.9 - 104.0
LOWNDES 43.6 3.7 82.6 29.6 - 56.4 56.6 6.9 108.5
MADISON 30.0 2.3 61.0 15.1 - 35.0 44.6 4.9 82.1
MARION 35.9 2.1 66.6 36.5 1.8 66.4 35.1 2.4 67.0
MARSHALL 41.6 0.7 81.3 30.9 - 63.2 48.2 1.2 91.8
MONROE 31.5 0.7 64.1 29.3 - 61.2 35.0 1.8 68.6
MONTGOMERY 34.4 2.1 66.4 25.2 - 48.5 40.9 3.5 79.7
NESHOBA 45.6 1.8 88.4 33.0 1.6 63.8 61.0 2.0 118.2
NEWTON 29.5 2.5 52.0 26.2 2.4 43.8 33.9 2.7 64.7
NOXUBEE 50.0 7.2 95.4 5.2 - 10.1 59.8 8.6 115.3
OKTIBBEHA 30.0 1.6 44.2 14.0 - 18.9 46.0 2.6 75.2
PANOLA 47.2 3.6 88.7 29.6 1.8 56.5 58.3 4.7 108.7
PEARL RIVER 25.4 0.5 50.0 23.2 - 46.5 35.8 3.1 66.1
PERRY 32.7 - 61.0 37.0 - 67.2 23.4 - 46.4
PIKE 42.4 2.1 77.5 32.0 1.7 57.5 49.9 2.4 92.2
PONTOTOC 29.2 1.9 58.3 26.0 2.4 51.9 42.3 - 82.1
PRENTISS 30.4 5.7 50.9 29.1 4.1 50.8 35.9 13.5 51.4
QUITMAN 62.6 8.6 123.2 18.3 - 42.2 72.7 10.8 139.9
RANKIN 32.6 0.7 64.8 31.2 - 63.2 37.6 3.2 70.4
SCOTT 46.9 6.2 89.2 49.7 7.0 93.5 44.1 5.3 84.7
SHARKEY 39.6 - 77.7 18.0 - 32.8 44.7 - 89.4
SIMPSON 40.2 0.9 82.7 31.4 1.7 62.8 51.1 - 108.3
SMITH 34.2 - 69.5 33.1 - 67.5 36.4 - 73.7
STONE 29.4 - 55.1 30.3 - 60.0 26.9 - 44.0
SUNFLOWER 50.7 3.1 88.9 13.9 - 23.1 59.9 3.8 107.2
TALLAHATCHIE 48.8 4.5 95.2 24.9 - 50.3 58.1 6.3 113.1
TATE 30.5 1.0 57.1 20.7 - 40.8 44.2 2.5 78.0
TIPPAH 31.5 - 62.4 30.5 - 61.4 35.0 - 65.6
TISHOMINGO 27.4 1.6 55.3 28.1 - 59.0 15.6 37.0 -
TUNICA 72.1 2.3 152.0 50.4 - 98.4 75.9 2.7 162.4
UNION 41.1 1.1 83.5 34.4 - 69.5 71.7 5.8 155.6
WALTHALL 25.8 - 51.4 19.1 - 36.6 31.0 - 63.6
WARREN 41.3 1.0 80.0 28.4 - 56.7 52.6 2.0 100.0
WASHINGTON 52.6 5.3 96.5 30.1 - 57.7 59.8 7.0 109.1
WAYNE 47.4 3.6 87.4 33.6 2.2 64.5 63.0 5.3 111.1
WEBSTER 46.0 - 85.0 42.5 - 78.3 53.7 - 99.2
WILKINSON 48.1 5.5 86.6 35.5 - 72.3 51.7 7.2 90.3
WINSTON 37.2 4.0 70.7 22.0 - 45.8 48.3 7.0 87.8
YALOBUSHA 46.5 2.2 85.6 30.8 - 58.1 61.0 4.3 111.1
YAZOO 52.4 8.2 96.8 31.3 - 62.2 63.0 12.2 114.5
* LIVE BIRTHS PLUS REPORTABLE SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED
TERMINATIONS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED AGE/RACE GROUP.
** TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH THE RACE OF THE MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN.
