(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: FORREST
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 72,604 5,827 2,365 3,462 1,052
WHITE 46,717 3,262 1,252 2,010 578
NONWHITE 25,887 2,565 1,113 1,452 474
-------- 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 191 4 62 125 83 0 24 59 108 4 38 66
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 26 1 3 22 8 0 1 7 18 1 2 15
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 31 1 11 19 12 0 5 7 19 1 6 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 155 4 51 100 52 0 15 37 103 4 36 63
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 46 0 4 42 18 0 4 14 28 0 0 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 50 0 5 45 20 0 4 16 30 0 1 29
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 8 1 3 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.8 1.7 54.0 (15-19) 25.4 - 41.3 (15-19) 42.1 3.6 71.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 33 2 5 26 16 1 2 13 17 1 3 13
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 172.8 500.0 80.6 208.0 192.8 & 83.3 220.3 157.4 250.0 78.9 197.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 224 6 67 151 99 1 26 72 125 5 41 79
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.4 2.5 63.0 (15-19) 30.3 0.8 48.8 (15-19) 48.7 4.5 82.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 31.4 - - 48.0 12.0 - - 16.9 46.3 - - 75.8
* 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.
