(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: HARRISON
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 189,601 13,508 6,589 6,919 2,841
WHITE 138,692 8,965 4,377 4,588 1,927
NONWHITE 50,909 4,543 2,212 2,331 914
-------- 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 449 9 133 307 258 2 82 174 191 7 51 133
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 52 0 13 39 22 0 6 16 30 0 7 23
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 69 0 15 54 38 0 8 30 31 0 7 24
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 345 9 110 226 167 2 61 104 178 7 49 122
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 85 1 13 71 40 0 9 31 45 1 4 40
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 112 1 22 89 58 0 16 42 54 1 6 47
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 29 1 13 15 14 0 9 5 15 1 4 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.2 1.4 63.6 (15-19) 28.8 0.4 55.8 (15-19) 42.0 3.2 78.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.7 - 15.0 3.2 - - - - 15.7 - 39.2 7.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 63 3 15 45 34 2 10 22 29 1 5 23
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 140.3 333.3 112.8 146.6 131.8 1000.0 122.0 126.4 151.8 142.8 98.0 172.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 515 12 150 353 292 4 92 196 223 8 58 157
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.1 1.8 72.7 (15-19) 32.6 0.9 62.8 (15-19) 49.1 3.6 92.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.1 111.1 7.5 9.8 3.9 - - 5.7 20.9 142.9 19.6 15.0
* 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.
