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 26,934 2,156 1,030 1,126 453
WHITE 18,182 1,270 603 667 250
NONWHITE 8,752 886 427 459 203
-------- 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 103 1 30 72 42 1 11 30 61 0 19 42
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 8 11 3 1 1 1 17 0 7 10
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 72 1 25 46 19 1 7 11 53 0 18 35
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 1 22 9 0 0 9 14 0 1 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 1 25 12 0 0 12 14 0 1 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 3 7 2 0 1 1 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.8 1.0 90.6 (15-19) 33.1 1.6 61.5 (15-19) 68.8 0.0 132.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.4 0.0 0.0 27.8 23.8 0.0 0.0 33.3 16.4 0.0 0.0 23.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 3 5 1 7 3 3 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 87.4 3000 166.7 13.9 166.7 3000 272.7 33.3 32.8 . 105.3 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 114 4 35 75 50 4 14 32 64 0 21 43
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.9 3.9 97.7 (15-19) 39.4 6.6 69.0 (15-19) 72.2 0.0 139.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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
