(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: WASHINGTON
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 62,977 5,461 2,632 2,829 1,070
WHITE 21,393 1,328 635 693 253
NONWHITE 41,584 4,133 1,997 2,136 817
-------- 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 263 12 92 159 37 0 12 25 226 12 80 134
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 31 4 12 15 5 0 2 3 26 4 10 12
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 57 3 17 37 8 0 3 5 49 3 14 32
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 249 12 88 149 27 0 9 18 222 12 79 131
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 69 0 10 59 10 0 0 10 59 0 10 49
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 75 0 11 64 12 0 0 12 63 0 11 52
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 20 0 12 8 2 0 1 1 18 0 11 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 48.2 4.6 88.7 (15-19) 27.9 - 53.4 (15-19) 54.7 6.0 100.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.0 - 10.9 25.2 - - - - 22.1 - 12.5 29.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 19 2 4 13 3 0 1 2 16 2 3 11
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 72.2 166.7 43.5 81.8 81.1 - 83.3 80.0 70.8 166.7 37.5 82.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 287 14 97 176 40 0 13 27 247 14 84 149
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.6 5.3 96.5 (15-19) 30.1 - 57.7 (15-19) 59.8 7.0 109.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.6 - 21.7 - - - - - 8.9 - 25.0 -
* 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.
