(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: SIMPSON
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 27,639 2,064 1,073 991 387
WHITE 17,796 1,145 588 557 227
NONWHITE 9,843 919 485 434 160
-------- 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 70 1 24 45 32 1 9 22 38 0 15 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 3 0 2 1 6 0 1 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 5 4 4 0 3 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 54 1 22 31 16 1 7 8 38 0 15 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 3 13 4 0 1 3 12 0 2 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 5 15 6 0 3 3 14 0 2 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.9 0.9 69.6 (15-19) 27.9 1.7 55.6 (15-19) 41.3 - 87.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.3 - - 22.2 31.2 - - 45.4 - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 12 0 4 8 3 0 2 1 9 0 2 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 171.4 - 166.7 177.8 93.8 - 222.2 45.4 236.8 - 133.3 304.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 83 1 28 54 36 1 11 24 47 0 17 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.2 0.9 82.7 (15-19) 31.4 1.7 62.8 (15-19) 51.1 - 108.3 (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.
