(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: ALCORN
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 34,558 2,217 1,117 1,100 488
WHITE 30,193 1,845 927 918 407
NONWHITE 4,365 372 190 182 81
-------- 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 67 2 16 49 48 0 10 38 19 2 6 11
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 5 3 2 0 1 1 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 1 6 5 5 0 2 3 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 2 13 21 20 0 7 13 16 2 6 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 2 17 14 0 0 14 5 0 2 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 2 20 16 0 0 16 6 0 2 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.2 1.8 59.1 (15-19) 26.0 - 52.3 (15-19) 51.1 10.5 93.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 29.8 - - 40.8 41.7 - - 52.6 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 69 2 16 51 50 0 10 40 19 2 6 11
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 31.1 1.8 60.9 (15-19) 27.1 - 54.5 (15-19) 51.1 10.5 93.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 29.9 - 125.0 - 20.8 - 100.0 - 52.6 - 166.7 -
* 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.
