(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: DESOTO
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 107,199 7,618 4,222 3,396 1,759
WHITE 91,950 6,353 3,529 2,824 1,491
NONWHITE 15,249 1,265 693 572 268
-------- 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
--------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
TEENAGE BIRTHS 202 0 67 135 164 0 50 114 38 0 17 21
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 7 8 14 0 7 7 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 26 0 10 16 19 0 7 12 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 152 0 58 94 115 0 41 74 37 0 17 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 40 0 3 37 32 0 2 30 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 55 0 7 48 45 0 5 40 10 0 2 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 0 6 7 10 0 4 6 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 26.5 - 59.5 (15-19) 25.8 - 58.1 (15-19) 30.0 - 66.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.9 - - 14.8 6.1 - - 8.8 26.3 - - 47.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 204 0 67 137 165 0 50 115 39 0 17 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.8 - 60.1 (15-19) 26.0 - 58.4 (15-19) 30.8 - 68.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 14.9 - - 22.2 18.3 - - 26.3 - - - -
* 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.
