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 22,352 1,815 834 981 343
WHITE 14,342 1,017 453 564 200
NONWHITE 8,010 798 381 417 143
-------- 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 90 4 31 55 36 0 13 23 54 4 18 32
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 9 1 4 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 19 2 7 10 3 0 1 2 16 2 6 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 68 4 24 40 17 0 6 11 51 4 18 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 3 14 7 0 0 7 10 0 3 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 5 16 10 0 2 8 11 0 3 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 7 4 2 0 2 0 9 0 5 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.6 4.8 87.7 (15-19) 35.4 0.0 63.8 (15-19) 67.7 10.5 119.9 (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# 24 1 11 12 14 1 5 8 9 0 6 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 266.7 250.0 354.8 218.2 388.9 . 384.6 347.8 166.7 0.0 333.3 93.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 114 5 42 67 50 1 18 31 63 4 24 35
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 62.8 6.0 111.1 (15-19) 49.2 2.2 86.9 (15-19) 78.9 10.5 141.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
