(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: PRENTISS
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 25,556 1,942 882 1,060 301
WHITE 21,940 1,580 734 846 240
NONWHITE 3,616 362 148 214 61
-------- 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 57 4 13 40 45 3 10 32 12 1 3 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 2 8 8 0 2 6 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 3 9 29 31 2 7 22 10 1 2 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 11 0 2 9 4 0 0 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 2 15 13 0 2 11 4 0 0 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 29.4 4.5 50.0 (15-19) 28.5 4.1 49.6 (15-19) 33.1 6.8 51.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.5 - 76.9 - 22.2 - 100.0 - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 17.5 250.0 - - - - - - 83.3 1000.0 - -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 59 5 14 40 46 3 11 32 13 2 3 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 30.4 5.7 50.9 (15-19) 29.1 4.1 50.8 (15-19) 35.9 13.5 51.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 35.1 - - 50.0 44.4 - - 62.5 - - - -
* 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.
