TABLE 18B
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATES*, 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 42.9 2.9 80.3 31.1 0.7 59.6 55.9 5.3 103.2
ADAMS 48.1 2.3 92.5 28.2 - 55.1 59.4 3.6 114.1
ALCORN 34.7 1.8 68.2 33.1 1.1 65.4 43.0 5.3 82.4
AMITE 25.5 2.0 47.2 16.8 - 32.2 32.7 3.6 59.4
ATTALA 34.6 2.7 66.8 34.6 3.0 63.0 34.6 2.4 70.5
BENTON 56.7 - 111.9 37.7 - 77.5 77.2 - 145.8
BOLIVAR 50.2 4.1 88.9 16.0 5.8 22.7 60.6 3.6 111.8
CALHOUN 50.0 3.8 95.2 39.8 3.3 73.4 64.3 4.3 127.8
CARROLL 23.0 - 45.9 16.4 - 30.6 30.9 - 67.5
CHICKASAW 50.5 2.6 104.3 35.9 - 75.2 61.7 4.4 126.9
CHOCTAW 37.7 4.9 70.0 22.9 4.2 41.5 58.6 6.0 109.8
CLAIBORNE 42.0 4.3 64.3 - - - 44.6 4.8 67.1
CLARKE 41.4 1.5 80.6 41.4 - 86.2 41.5 3.6 74.5
CLAY 42.4 3.3 80.8 21.8 - 44.3 51.3 4.8 96.1
COAHOMA 73.5 5.0 141.9 27.3 - 60.2 84.8 6.3 159.5
COPIAH 44.9 4.4 77.3 30.2 - 54.9 53.9 7.2 90.7
COVINGTON 52.9 6.1 102.6 34.2 - 73.0 74.2 13.6 134.0
DESOTO 28.4 1.2 62.1 26.1 0.8 57.7 39.5 2.9 83.9
FORREST 42.7 3.4 69.6 34.0 1.6 54.2 53.8 5.4 90.9
FRANKLIN 46.9 - 88.1 41.9 - 73.9 51.8 - 103.8
GEORGE 56.3 - 113.2 51.0 - 102.1 96.4 - 200.0
GREENE 48.1 - 98.8 46.1 - 95.7 53.6 - 107.1
GRENADA 34.4 2.0 72.6 22.6 - 50.0 45.8 4.1 93.9
HANCOCK 33.3 0.6 71.0 33.2 - 71.6 34.2 5.0 67.0
HARRISON 43.1 1.7 82.5 38.8 0.9 75.0 51.5 3.2 97.4
HINDS 51.3 5.8 91.2 21.5 - 37.1 62.9 7.7 115.1
HOLMES 59.3 10.9 97.4 32.2 - 46.7 64.0 12.2 108.7
HUMPHREYS 51.5 6.0 90.6 25.9 - 44.2 57.0 7.1 101.7
ISSAQUENA 25.0 - 55.6 18.2 - 37.0 27.6 - 63.5
ITAWAMBA 28.6 - 53.8 28.9 - 56.4 26.2 - 38.2
JACKSON 38.7 0.8 78.5 31.8 0.3 65.2 54.9 2.0 109.4
JASPER 38.5 - 75.2 30.4 - 54.9 42.7 - 87.3
JEFFERSON 49.1 4.7 92.4 - - - 53.2 5.2 99.8
JEFF DAVIS 36.0 1.8 68.6 40.8 - 75.4 33.8 2.5 65.2
JONES 46.0 6.2 79.4 32.7 2.9 56.9 69.1 11.8 120.1
KEMPER 29.0 2.9 47.8 19.4 - 30.5 33.4 4.0 56.8
LAFAYETTE 20.2 1.0 28.8 11.9 - 16.4 39.3 2.6 62.8
LAMAR 26.6 1.3 50.5 22.7 - 43.8 44.8 7.2 82.4
LAUDERDALE 38.4 2.5 72.6 26.3 0.7 51.6 50.2 4.3 92.5
LAWRENCE 42.8 - 84.6 32.9 - 64.9 57.9 - 115.0
LEAKE 51.0 5.4 94.4 45.2 2.9 85.4 56.1 7.6 102.4
LEE 45.4 1.8 91.1 39.3 0.5 79.7 57.0 4.1 113.0
LEFLORE 56.0 6.5 100.3 16.5 - 32.8 66.2 8.3 116.7
TABLE 18B - PAGE 2
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATES - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
TOTAL** WHITE NONWHITE
UNDER UNDER UNDER
COUNTY TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19 TOTAL 15 15-19
LINCOLN 38.2 3.4 70.1 28.1 - 53.8 55.0 9.1 97.7
LOWNDES 42.6 2.9 81.4 28.3 - 53.9 55.4 5.4 107.7
MADISON 33.0 0.6 69.0 13.0 - 30.1 52.4 1.4 100.6
MARION 40.8 3.1 75.0 38.1 - 71.0 44.8 7.4 81.3
MARSHALL 40.9 3.0 77.7 39.6 1.9 79.0 41.6 3.7 76.9
MONROE 43.3 2.0 87.0 39.5 - 82.4 49.3 5.3 93.9
MONTGOMERY 40.7 6.3 74.7 27.8 10.5 43.7 49.8 3.5 97.8
NESHOBA 38.5 5.4 70.9 29.8 - 59.0 49.2 12.0 85.3
NEWTON 42.2 1.3 76.4 36.3 - 63.0 50.1 2.7 97.0
NOXUBEE 41.6 5.4 80.2 5.2 - 10.1 49.6 6.5 96.5
OKTIBBEHA 26.8 3.2 38.6 10.2 - 13.8 43.3 5.3 68.9
PANOLA 50.3 4.3 94.1 34.9 1.8 67.1 60.0 5.8 110.9
PEARL RIVER 37.7 0.5 74.5 36.9 - 73.8 41.8 3.1 77.6
PERRY 46.4 - 86.6 47.8 - 86.8 43.5 - 86.1
PIKE 44.7 1.4 82.4 29.7 - 54.6 55.5 2.4 102.9
PONTOTOC 42.1 1.9 85.0 43.3 - 90.9 37.3 10.2 62.8
PRENTISS 34.5 2.3 61.3 34.2 2.7 61.5 35.9 - 60.7
QUITMAN 47.8 - 101.4 42.7 - 98.6 49.0 - 102.0
RANKIN 31.9 0.7 63.4 29.3 0.6 58.7 40.8 1.1 78.7
SCOTT 50.5 5.3 97.4 45.3 1.8 89.9 55.8 8.8 105.0
SHARKEY 43.0 3.5 81.1 27.0 - 49.2 46.8 4.2 89.4
SIMPSON 48.0 - 99.9 37.6 - 77.2 60.9 - 129.0
SMITH 35.9 3.3 69.5 29.4 - 60.0 49.5 10.3 89.5
STONE 39.2 1.9 71.8 34.0 - 67.1 53.9 8.7 82.4
SUNFLOWER 59.7 7.0 102.1 31.4 - 52.0 66.9 8.6 116.1
TALLAHATCHIE 51.9 1.5 104.8 33.2 - 67.0 59.1 2.1 119.7
TATE 37.0 3.9 66.8 34.3 1.6 65.8 40.8 7.4 68.0
TIPPAH 47.3 2.6 91.1 46.1 3.3 89.6 51.2 - 96.0
TISHOMINGO 35.7 - 74.3 36.0 - 75.6 31.2 - 54.0
TUNICA 56.0 4.7 114.7 16.8 - 32.8 62.8 5.4 130.6
UNION 39.9 1.1 81.1 38.7 1.4 76.7 45.6 - 103.7
WALTHALL 45.8 1.7 89.6 36.3 - 69.6 53.1 2.9 106.1
WARREN 48.2 1.6 93.1 27.9 1.1 54.5 66.2 2.0 126.2
WASHINGTON 52.7 3.8 98.3 30.1 - 57.7 60.0 5.0 111.4
WAYNE 48.0 3.6 88.5 30.3 - 60.2 67.9 8.0 117.8
WEBSTER 36.8 5.7 63.1 23.2 8.4 35.6 66.1 - 122.1
WILKINSON 37.7 2.7 69.3 11.8 - 24.1 45.0 3.6 81.0
WINSTON 53.8 10.6 97.3 34.6 - 71.9 67.9 18.8 114.9
YALOBUSHA 49.6 6.7 87.6 41.8 4.7 74.7 56.9 8.6 99.6
YAZOO 65.1 5.4 125.1 36.7 - 73.0 79.4 8.2 151.7
* LIVE BIRTHS PLUS REPORTABLE SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED
TERMINATIONS PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIED AGE/RACE GROUP.
** TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH THE RACE OF THE MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN.
