(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: CLARKE
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 17,955 1,327 657 670 246
WHITE 11,580 725 377 348 139
NONWHITE 6,375 602 280 322 107
-------- 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 46 1 14 31 23 0 6 17 23 1 8 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 1 12 22 13 0 4 9 22 1 8 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 3 8 6 0 2 4 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 3 11 8 0 2 6 6 0 1 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.7 1.5 67.2 (15-19) 31.7 - 66.1 (15-19) 38.2 3.6 68.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.7 - - 32.2 - - - - 43.5 - - 71.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 108.7 - 214.3 64.5 87.0 - 166.7 58.8 130.4 - 250.0 71.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 52 1 17 34 25 0 7 18 27 1 10 16
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.2 1.5 76.1 (15-19) 34.5 - 71.8 (15-19) 44.8 3.6 80.7 (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.
