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 103,176 7,921 3,966 3,955 1,454
WHITE 84,469 6,187 3,084 3,103 1,158
NONWHITE 18,707 1,734 882 852 296
-------- 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 178 6 62 110 113 3 32 78 65 3 30 32
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 24 1 8 15 11 0 2 9 13 1 6 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 33 1 10 22 17 0 3 14 16 1 7 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 125 6 51 68 60 3 21 36 65 3 30 32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 32 0 8 24 16 0 2 14 16 0 6 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 43 0 11 32 24 0 4 20 19 0 7 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 1 5 9 7 0 3 4 8 1 2 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 22.5 1.5 43.5 (15-19) 18.3 1.0 35.4 (15-19) 37.5 3.4 72.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.2 0.0 16.1 9.1 8.8 0.0 31.2 0.0 15.4 0.0 0.0 31.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 57 3 18 36 50 3 16 31 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 320.2 500.0 290.3 327.3 442.5 1000 500.0 397.4 107.7 0.0 66.7 156.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 237 9 81 147 164 6 49 109 73 3 32 38
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 29.9 2.3 57.6 (15-19) 26.5 1.9 50.9 (15-19) 42.1 3.4 82.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 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
