TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
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 36,970 3,572 1,698 1,874 691
WHITE 13,470 905 454 451 137
NONWHITE 23,500 2,667 1,244 1,423 554
-------- 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 223 11 115 97 27 0 12 15 196 11 103 82
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 4 10 8 0 0 0 0 22 4 10 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 47 6 23 18 0 0 0 0 47 6 23 18
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 207 11 108 88 11 0 5 6 196 11 103 82
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 73 0 24 49 6 0 1 5 67 0 23 44
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 87 0 29 58 11 0 2 9 76 0 27 49
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 34 3 13 18 0 0 0 0 34 3 13 18
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 62.4 6.5 113.1 (15-19) 29.8 0.0 59.9 (15-19) 73.5 8.8 130.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.9 90.9 26.1 20.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.6 90.9 29.1 24.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 40 5 15 20 6 0 3 3 34 5 12 17
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 179.4 454.5 130.4 206.2 222.2 . 250.0 200.0 173.5 454.5 116.5 207.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 269 17 133 119 33 0 15 18 236 17 118 101
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 75.3 10.0 134.5 (15-19) 36.5 0.0 73.2 (15-19) 88.5 13.7 153.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1
* 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
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
