(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: JACKSON
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 131,420 10,001 5,120 4,881 1,874
WHITE 99,026 7,031 3,612 3,419 1,321
NONWHITE 32,394 2,970 1,508 1,462 553
-------- 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 316 4 102 210 196 1 63 132 120 3 39 78
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 35 2 18 15 18 1 10 7 17 1 8 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 47 1 15 31 26 1 7 18 21 0 8 13
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 252 4 92 156 141 1 53 87 111 3 39 69
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 77 0 9 68 42 0 7 35 35 0 2 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 98 0 12 86 54 0 10 44 44 0 2 42
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 24 2 7 15 11 1 2 8 13 1 5 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 31.6 0.8 63.9 (15-19) 27.9 0.3 57.0 (15-19) 40.4 2.0 80.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.3 - - 9.5 5.1 - - 7.6 8.3 - - 12.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 62 3 20 39 41 1 15 25 21 2 5 14
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 196.2 750.0 196.1 185.7 209.2 1000.0 238.1 189.4 175.0 666.7 128.2 179.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 380 7 122 251 238 2 78 158 142 5 44 93
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.0 1.4 76.4 (15-19) 33.8 0.6 69.0 (15-19) 47.8 3.3 93.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 6.3 - - 9.5 5.1 - - 7.6 8.3 - - 12.8
* 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.
