(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: CLAY
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 21,979 1,818 902 916 327
WHITE 9,411 551 280 271 99
NONWHITE 12,568 1,267 622 645 228
-------- 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 72 5 27 40 9 0 7 2 63 5 20 38
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 2 6 9 0 0 0 0 17 2 6 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 4 8 8 2 0 1 1 18 4 7 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 5 23 39 4 0 3 1 63 5 20 38
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 3 10 2 0 1 1 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 4 12 2 0 1 1 14 0 3 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.6 5.5 73.1 (15-19) 16.3 - 33.2 (15-19) 49.7 8.0 89.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 27.8 - 37.0 25.0 - - - - 31.7 - 50.0 26.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 13 0 4 9 4 0 0 4 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 180.6 - 148.1 225.0 444.4 - - 2000.0 142.8 - 200.0 131.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 87 5 32 50 13 0 7 6 74 5 25 44
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.8 5.5 89.5 (15-19) 23.6 - 48.0 (15-19) 58.4 8.0 107.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 69.4 - 74.1 75.0 - - - - 79.4 - 100.0 78.9
* 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.
