(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: MARION
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 25,595 2,032 966 1,066 338
WHITE 17,138 1,206 558 648 204
NONWHITE 8,457 826 408 418 134
-------- 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 64 1 17 46 40 1 11 28 24 0 6 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 5 0 1 4 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 1 12 26 15 1 6 8 24 0 6 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 9 0 2 7 6 0 0 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 2 17 13 0 2 11 6 0 0 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 31.5 1.0 59.1 (15-19) 33.2 1.8 60.2 (15-19) 29.0 - 57.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 46.9 - 117.6 21.7 50.0 - 181.8 - 41.7 - - 55.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 93.8 1000.0 58.8 87.0 50.0 - 90.9 35.7 166.7 & - 166.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 73 2 20 51 44 1 14 29 29 1 6 22
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.9 2.1 66.6 (15-19) 36.5 1.8 66.4 (15-19) 35.1 2.4 67.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 15.6 - - 21.7 25.0 - - 35.7 - - - -
* 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.
