TABLE 18A
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE,
RACE, AND AGE GROUP OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
STATE 9,508 312 9,196 3,618 40 3,578 5,889 272 5,617
ADAMS 127 3 124 27 0 27 100 3 97
ALCORN 77 2 75 61 1 60 16 1 15
AMITE 27 1 26 8 0 8 19 1 18
ATTALA 51 2 49 24 1 23 27 1 26
BENTON 32 0 32 11 0 11 21 0 21
BOLIVAR 189 7 182 14 2 12 175 5 170
CALHOUN 54 2 52 25 1 24 29 1 28
CARROLL 18 0 18 7 0 7 11 0 11
CHICKASAW 75 2 73 23 0 23 52 2 50
CHOCTAW 31 2 29 11 1 10 20 1 19
CLAIBORNE 52 2 50 0 0 0 52 2 50
CLARKE 55 1 54 30 0 30 25 1 24
CLAY 77 3 74 12 0 12 65 3 62
COAHOMA 207 7 200 15 0 15 192 7 185
COPIAH 114 5 109 29 0 29 85 5 80
COVINGTON 84 5 79 29 0 29 55 5 50
DESOTO 216 5 211 166 3 163 50 2 48
FORREST 249 8 241 111 2 109 138 6 132
FRANKLIN 34 0 34 15 0 15 19 0 19
GEORGE 80 0 80 64 0 64 16 0 16
GREENE 41 0 41 29 0 29 12 0 12
GRENADA 62 2 60 20 0 20 42 2 40
HANCOCK 99 1 98 86 0 86 13 1 12
HARRISON 582 11 571 348 4 344 234 7 227
HINDS 1,043 55 988 123 0 123 920 55 865
HOLMES 124 10 114 10 0 10 114 10 104
HUMPHREYS 56 3 53 5 0 5 51 3 48
ISSAQUENA 5 0 5 1 0 1 4 0 4
ITAWAMBA 49 0 49 44 0 44 5 0 5
JACKSON 387 4 383 224 1 223 163 3 160
JASPER 55 0 55 15 0 15 40 0 40
JEFFERSON 42 2 40 0 0 0 42 2 40
JEFF DAVIS 42 1 41 15 0 15 27 1 26
JONES 226 14 212 102 4 98 124 10 114
KEMPER 24 1 23 5 0 5 19 1 18
LAFAYETTE 66 1 65 27 0 27 39 1 38
LAMAR 83 2 81 58 0 58 25 2 23
LAUDERDALE 221 7 214 75 1 74 146 6 140
LAWRENCE 43 0 43 20 0 20 23 0 23
LEAKE 77 4 73 32 1 31 45 3 42
LEE 251 5 246 142 1 141 109 4 105
LEFLORE 182 10 172 11 0 11 171 10 161
TABLE 18A - PAGE 2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
LINCOLN 93 4 89 43 0 43 50 4 46
LOWNDES 208 7 201 66 0 66 141 7 134
MADISON 191 2 189 37 0 37 154 2 152
MARION 83 3 80 46 0 46 37 3 34
MARSHALL 111 4 107 41 1 40 70 3 67
MONROE 125 3 122 70 0 70 55 3 52
MONTGOMERY 39 3 36 11 2 9 28 1 27
NESHOBA 87 6 81 37 0 37 50 6 44
NEWTON 73 1 72 36 0 36 37 1 36
NOXUBEE 45 3 42 1 0 1 44 3 41
OKTIBBEHA 100 4 96 19 0 19 81 4 77
PANOLA 145 6 139 39 1 38 106 5 101
PEARL RIVER 144 1 143 116 0 116 28 1 27
PERRY 44 0 44 31 0 31 13 0 13
PIKE 137 2 135 38 0 38 99 2 97
PONTOTOC 85 2 83 70 0 70 15 2 13
PRENTISS 67 2 65 54 2 52 13 0 13
QUITMAN 42 0 42 7 0 7 35 0 35
RANKIN 264 3 261 187 2 185 77 1 76
SCOTT 113 6 107 51 1 50 62 5 57
SHARKEY 25 1 24 3 0 3 22 1 21
SIMPSON 99 0 99 43 0 43 56 0 56
SMITH 43 2 41 24 0 24 19 2 17
STONE 44 1 43 28 0 28 16 1 15
SUNFLOWER 171 9 162 18 0 18 153 9 144
TALLAHATCHIE 67 1 66 12 0 12 55 1 54
TATE 80 4 76 43 1 42 37 3 34
TIPPAH 75 2 73 56 2 54 19 0 19
TISHOMINGO 43 0 43 41 0 41 2 0 2
TUNICA 45 2 43 2 0 2 43 2 41
UNION 68 1 67 54 1 53 14 0 14
WALTHALL 55 1 54 19 0 19 36 1 35
WARREN 188 3 185 51 1 50 137 2 135
WASHINGTON 288 10 278 40 0 40 248 10 238
WAYNE 84 3 81 28 0 28 56 3 53
WEBSTER 28 2 26 12 2 10 16 0 16
WILKINSON 29 1 28 2 0 2 27 1 26
WINSTON 81 8 73 22 0 22 59 8 51
YALOBUSHA 47 3 44 19 1 18 28 2 26
YAZOO 143 6 137 27 0 27 116 6 110
* LIVE BIRTHS PLUS REPORTABLE SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED
TERMINATIONS TO MOTHERS UNDER AGE 20.
** TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH THE RACE OF THE MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN.
