(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: UNION
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 25,362 1,703 877 826 367
WHITE 21,156 1,396 705 691 289
NONWHITE 4,206 307 172 135 78
-------- 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 68 1 21 46 47 0 13 34 21 1 8 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 5 9 8 0 2 6 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 6 5 7 0 3 4 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 1 15 25 21 0 7 14 20 1 8 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 3 17 12 0 3 9 8 0 0 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 4 19 14 0 3 11 9 0 1 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.9 1.1 81.1 (15-19) 33.7 - 68.0 (15-19) 68.4 5.8 148.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 29.4 - 47.6 21.7 21.3 - - 29.4 47.6 - 125.0 -
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 70 1 22 47 48 0 13 35 22 1 9 12
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.1 1.1 83.5 (15-19) 34.4 - 69.5 (15-19) 71.7 5.8 155.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 14.7 - - 21.7 - - - - 47.6 - - 83.3
* 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.
