(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: PEARL RIVER
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 48,621 3,817 1,898 1,919 645
WHITE 41,596 3,147 1,576 1,571 531
NONWHITE 7,025 670 322 348 114
-------- 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 95 1 25 69 71 0 21 50 24 1 4 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 4 8 8 0 3 5 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 2 10 6 0 1 5 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 65 1 21 43 43 0 17 26 22 1 4 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 21 0 2 19 13 0 1 12 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 3 24 19 0 2 17 8 0 1 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 24.9 0.5 49.0 (15-19) 22.6 - 45.2 (15-19) 35.8 3.1 66.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 21.0 - 80.0 - 28.2 - 95.2 - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 97 1 27 69 73 0 23 50 24 1 4 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 25.4 0.5 50.0 (15-19) 23.2 - 46.5 (15-19) 35.8 3.1 66.1 (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.
