(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: COPIAH
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 28,757 2,538 1,128 1,410 424
WHITE 13,747 960 432 528 169
NONWHITE 15,010 1,578 696 882 255
-------- 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 77 1 30 46 23 0 10 13 54 1 20 33
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 3 0 1 2 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 8 6 5 0 3 2 9 0 5 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 1 27 39 13 0 7 6 54 1 20 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 1 12 3 0 0 3 10 0 1 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 1 15 4 0 0 4 12 0 1 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.3 0.9 53.9 (15-19) 24.0 - 43.6 (15-19) 34.2 1.4 60.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.0 - 33.3 - - - - - 18.5 - 50.0 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 0 4 6 4 0 2 2 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 129.9 - 133.3 130.4 173.9 - 200.0 153.8 111.1 - 100.0 121.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 88 1 35 52 27 0 12 15 61 1 23 37
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.7 0.9 61.7 (15-19) 28.1 - 51.1 (15-19) 38.6 1.4 68.0 (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.
