



(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: SUNFLOWER
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 34,369 2,862 1,276 1,586 490
WHITE 9,927 574 228 346 87
NONWHITE 24,442 2,288 1,048 1,240 403
-------- 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 138 3 56 79 8 0 2 6 130 3 54 73
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 0 8 11 0 0 0 0 19 0 8 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 30 2 16 12 1 0 0 1 29 2 16 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 135 3 56 76 6 0 2 4 129 3 54 72
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 37 0 7 30 1 0 0 1 36 0 7 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 45 0 8 37 2 0 0 2 43 0 8 35
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 48.2 2.4 85.1 (15-19) 13.9 - 23.1 (15-19) 56.8 2.9 102.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 50.7 333.3 53.6 38.0 - - - - 53.8 333.3 55.6 41.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 145 4 59 82 8 0 2 6 137 4 57 76
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.7 3.1 88.9 (15-19) 13.9 - 23.1 (15-19) 59.9 3.8 107.2 (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.



