(HSWWTNCO) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
COUNTY: YAZOO
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 28,149 2,195 1,100 1,095 414
WHITE 12,593 735 365 370 142
NONWHITE 15,556 1,460 735 725 272
-------- 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 101 8 38 55 20 0 4 16 81 8 34 39
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 3 0 2 1 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 1 10 16 3 0 0 3 24 1 10 13
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 90 8 37 45 10 0 4 6 80 8 33 39
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 27 0 11 16 5 0 0 5 22 0 11 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 29 0 12 17 5 0 0 5 24 0 12 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 1 7 6 4 0 2 2 10 1 5 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.0 7.3 84.9 (15-19) 27.2 - 54.0 (15-19) 55.5 10.9 100.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.8 - - 36.4 - - - - 24.7 - - 51.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 12 1 3 8 3 0 1 2 9 1 2 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 118.8 125.0 78.9 145.4 150.0 - 250.0 125.0 111.1 125.0 58.8 153.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 115 9 41 65 23 0 5 18 92 9 36 47
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.4 8.2 96.8 (15-19) 31.3 - 62.2 (15-19) 63.0 12.2 114.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.9 - 26.3 - 50.0 - 250.0 - - - - -
* 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.
