(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: SCOTT
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 28,423 2,237 1,138 1,099 437
WHITE 16,258 1,126 570 556 256
NONWHITE 12,165 1,111 568 543 181
-------- 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 93 7 34 52 49 4 20 25 44 3 14 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 6 9 5 0 3 2 10 0 3 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 6 10 8 0 4 4 9 1 2 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 7 27 41 31 4 13 14 44 3 14 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 4 13 9 0 4 5 8 0 0 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 6 17 11 0 5 6 12 0 1 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 5 2 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.6 6.2 78.2 (15-19) 43.5 7.0 80.9 (15-19) 39.6 5.3 75.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.5 - 58.8 - 20.4 - 50.0 - 22.7 - 71.4 -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 0 4 6 6 0 3 3 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 107.5 - 117.6 115.4 122.4 - 150.0 120.0 90.9 - 71.4 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 105 7 40 58 56 4 24 28 49 3 16 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.9 6.2 89.2 (15-19) 49.7 7.0 93.5 (15-19) 44.1 5.3 84.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 43.0 - - 76.9 40.8 - - 80.0 45.5 - - 74.1
* 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.
