(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: JEFFERSON
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 9,740 856 423 433 134
WHITE 1,272 67 35 32 8
NONWHITE 8,468 789 388 401 126
-------- 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 34 0 9 25 1 0 0 1 33 0 9 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 33 0 9 24 0 0 0 0 33 0 9 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 10 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.7 - 78.5 (15-19) 14.9 - 31.2 (15-19) 41.8 - 82.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 29.4 & - - - - - - 30.3 & - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 235.3 - 333.3 200.0 - - - - 242.4 - 333.3 208.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 43 1 12 30 1 0 0 1 42 1 12 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.2 2.4 97.0 (15-19) 14.9 - 31.2 (15-19) 53.2 2.6 102.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 29.4 - - 40.0 - - - - 30.3 - - 41.7
* 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.
