(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: KEMPER
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 10,453 827 346 481 136
WHITE 4,080 258 94 164 43
NONWHITE 6,373 569 252 317 93
-------- 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 25 0 8 17 5 0 0 5 20 0 8 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 0 7 14 3 0 0 3 18 0 7 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.2 - 52.0 (15-19) 19.4 - 30.5 (15-19) 35.1 - 63.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 40.0 - 125.0 - - - - - 50.0 - 125.0 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 26 0 9 17 5 0 0 5 21 0 9 12
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 31.4 - 54.0 (15-19) 19.4 - 30.5 (15-19) 36.9 - 66.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 40.0 - - 58.8 - - - - 50.0 - - 83.3
* 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.
