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 23,936 1,928 938 990 355
WHITE 15,824 1,134 538 596 177
NONWHITE 8,112 794 400 394 178
-------- 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 77 1 36 40 31 0 17 14 46 1 19 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 7 7 6 0 4 2 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 7 5 4 0 3 1 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 1 28 26 11 0 9 2 44 1 19 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 4 0 1 3 11 0 1 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 3 14 4 0 1 3 13 0 2 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.9 1.1 76.8 (15-19) 27.3 0.0 52.0 (15-19) 57.9 2.5 114.2 (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# 5 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 64.9 0.0 111.1 25.0 96.8 . 117.6 71.4 43.5 0.0 105.3 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 82 1 40 41 34 0 19 15 48 1 21 26
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.5 1.1 81.8 (15-19) 30.0 0.0 57.0 (15-19) 60.4 2.5 119.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
