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 24,275 1,926 952 974 437
WHITE 14,612 974 489 485 230
NONWHITE 9,663 952 463 489 207
-------- 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 95 1 33 61 41 0 11 30 54 1 22 31
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 5 12 8 0 1 7 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 0 6 10 5 0 2 3 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 70 1 26 43 18 0 4 14 52 1 22 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 5 18 9 0 2 7 14 0 3 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 6 21 11 0 2 9 16 0 4 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 1 9 2 0 0 2 8 0 1 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.3 1.0 96.5 (15-19) 42.1 0.0 84.5 (15-19) 56.7 2.2 108.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.5 0.0 30.3 0.0 24.4 0.0 90.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 23 1 12 10 11 0 4 7 12 1 8 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 242.1 1000 363.6 163.9 268.3 . 363.6 233.3 222.2 1000 363.6 96.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 119 2 46 71 53 0 16 37 66 2 30 34
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 61.8 2.1 120.1 (15-19) 54.4 0.0 109.3 (15-19) 69.3 4.3 130.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 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
