(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: PONTOTOC
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 26,726 2,017 1,040 977 353
WHITE 22,557 1,615 845 770 294
NONWHITE 4,169 402 195 207 59
-------- 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 59 2 21 36 42 2 17 23 17 0 4 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 5 9 9 0 3 6 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 45 2 18 25 30 2 14 14 15 0 4 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 5 0 2 3 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 3 7 7 0 3 4 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 29.2 1.9 58.3 (15-19) 26.0 2.4 51.9 (15-19) 42.3 - 82.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 59 2 21 36 42 2 17 23 17 0 4 13
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 29.2 1.9 58.3 (15-19) 26.0 2.4 51.9 (15-19) 42.3 - 82.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 33.9 - - 55.6 47.6 - - 87.0 - - - -
* 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.
