(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: HINDS
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 250,800 20,344 9,513 10,831 3,841
WHITE 93,584 5,725 2,407 3,318 1,002
NONWHITE 157,216 14,619 7,106 7,513 2,839
-------- 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 674 25 252 397 69 0 19 50 605 25 233 347
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 106 1 44 61 9 0 3 6 97 1 41 55
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 161 5 68 88 9 0 2 7 152 5 66 81
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 643 25 246 372 49 0 16 33 594 25 230 339
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 184 1 34 149 14 0 0 14 170 1 34 135
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 227 1 51 175 16 0 2 14 211 1 49 161
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 76 5 30 41 3 0 2 1 73 5 28 40
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.1 2.6 59.9 (15-19) 12.0 - 20.8 (15-19) 41.4 3.5 77.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 3 4 4 2 1 0 1 9 2 4 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.3 120.0 15.9 10.1 29.0 & - 20.0 14.9 80.0 17.2 8.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 232 16 71 145 40 0 15 25 191 16 56 119
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 344.2 640.0 281.7 365.2 579.7 - 789.5 500.0 315.7 640.0 240.3 342.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 917 44 327 546 111 1 34 76 805 43 293 469
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.1 4.6 80.6 (15-19) 19.4 0.4 33.2 (15-19) 55.1 6.0 101.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 6 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.9 - 23.8 5.0 - - - - 13.2 - 25.8 5.8
* 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.
