(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: JASPER
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 18,149 1,430 699 731 279
WHITE 8,433 493 220 273 115
NONWHITE 9,716 937 479 458 164
-------- 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
--------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
TEENAGE BIRTHS 48 3 13 32 15 0 3 12 33 3 10 20
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 6 1 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 3 12 24 6 0 2 4 33 3 10 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 4 4 3 0 0 3 5 0 4 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 5 7 7 0 1 6 5 0 4 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.6 4.3 61.6 (15-19) 30.4 - 54.9 (15-19) 35.2 6.3 65.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 104.2 - - 156.2 133.3 - - 166.7 90.9 - - 150.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 53 3 13 37 17 0 3 14 36 3 10 23
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.1 4.3 68.4 (15-19) 34.5 - 62.3 (15-19) 38.4 6.3 72.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS - - - - - - - - - - - -
* 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.
