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 11,321 957 479 478 185
WHITE 8,615 681 349 332 121
NONWHITE 2,706 276 130 146 64
-------- 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 47 0 19 28 25 0 10 15 22 0 9 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 0 14 16 8 0 5 3 22 0 9 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 4 9 7 0 2 5 6 0 2 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 4 10 7 0 2 5 7 0 2 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.1 0.0 98.3 (15-19) 36.7 0.0 75.3 (15-19) 79.7 0.0 150.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 63.8 . 0.0 107.1 120.0 . 0.0 200.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 50 0 19 31 28 0 10 18 22 0 9 13
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.2 0.0 104.6 (15-19) 41.1 0.0 84.3 (15-19) 79.7 0.0 150.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 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
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
