(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: HANCOCK
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 42,967 2,971 1,591 1,380 532
WHITE 38,752 2,591 1,390 1,201 488
NONWHITE 4,215 380 201 179 44
-------- 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 90 2 36 52 81 2 32 47 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 6 9 11 0 5 6 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 0 8 8 13 0 6 7 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 2 30 37 60 2 26 32 9 0 4 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 4 11 12 0 4 8 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 8 17 22 0 8 14 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 17 0 5 12 14 0 4 10 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.3 1.2 63.8 (15-19) 31.3 1.4 65.8 (15-19) 23.7 - 50.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.1 - - 19.2 12.3 - - 21.3 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 55.6 - 27.8 76.9 61.7 - 31.2 85.1 - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 96 2 37 57 87 2 33 52 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 32.3 1.2 68.1 (15-19) 33.6 1.4 70.8 (15-19) 23.7 - 50.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.1 - 27.8 - - - - - 111.1 - 250.0 -
* 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.
