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 70,411 6,466 3,245 3,221 1,210
WHITE 28,501 1,996 989 1,007 307
NONWHITE 41,910 4,470 2,256 2,214 903
-------- 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 366 21 179 166 56 0 21 35 310 21 158 131
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 42 7 19 16 5 0 2 3 37 7 17 13
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 68 6 30 32 5 0 2 3 63 6 28 29
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 340 21 175 144 33 0 17 16 307 21 158 128
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 117 1 35 81 17 0 5 12 100 1 30 69
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 127 1 39 87 18 0 5 13 109 1 34 74
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 48 2 23 23 2 0 1 1 46 2 22 22
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 56.6 6.5 107.1 (15-19) 28.0 0.0 55.6 (15-19) 69.4 9.3 130.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 7 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.1 47.6 11.2 24.1 17.8 0.0 0.0 28.6 19.4 47.6 12.6 22.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 45 4 14 27 16 0 6 10 29 4 8 17
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 123.0 190.5 78.2 162.6 285.7 . 285.7 285.7 93.5 190.5 50.6 129.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 418 26 195 197 73 0 27 46 345 26 168 151
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 64.6 8.0 121.7 (15-19) 36.6 0.0 72.5 (15-19) 77.2 11.5 144.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 1 1
* 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
