(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: COVINGTON
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 19,407 1,588 818 770 317
WHITE 12,307 847 450 397 185
NONWHITE 7,100 741 368 373 132
-------- 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 62 0 23 39 31 0 10 21 31 0 13 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 5 4 4 0 3 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 4 7 4 0 2 2 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 0 18 29 16 0 5 11 31 0 13 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 7 0 1 6 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 2 15 8 0 1 7 9 0 1 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.0 - 80.5 (15-19) 36.6 - 78.1 (15-19) 41.8 - 83.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 145.2 & 217.4 76.9 96.8 & 100.0 47.6 193.5 - 307.7 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 71 1 28 42 34 1 11 22 37 0 17 20
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.7 1.2 90.9 (15-19) 40.1 2.2 83.1 (15-19) 49.9 - 99.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 16.1 - - 25.6 - - - - 32.3 - - 55.6
* 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.
