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 35,345 3,049 1,509 1,540 515
WHITE 11,437 682 324 358 116
NONWHITE 23,908 2,367 1,185 1,182 399
-------- 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 183 7 89 87 17 0 2 15 166 7 87 72
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 1 13 8 2 0 1 1 20 1 12 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 43 2 22 19 3 0 1 2 40 2 21 17
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 174 7 88 79 8 0 1 7 166 7 87 72
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 54 0 17 37 5 0 0 5 49 0 17 32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 58 0 18 40 7 0 1 6 51 0 17 34
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 13 1 6 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 60.0 4.6 114.3 (15-19) 24.9 0.0 47.5 (15-19) 70.1 5.9 134.5 (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# 20 3 8 9 5 1 2 2 15 2 6 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 109.3 428.6 89.9 103.4 294.1 . 1000 133.3 90.4 285.7 69.0 97.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 203 10 97 96 22 1 4 17 181 9 93 79
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 66.6 6.6 125.3 (15-19) 32.2 3.1 58.6 (15-19) 76.5 7.6 145.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 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
