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 19,368 1,677 876 801 344
WHITE 12,109 920 484 436 187
NONWHITE 7,259 757 392 365 157
-------- 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 3 31 56 39 0 7 32 51 3 24 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 9 1 5 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 9 1 6 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 3 24 40 20 0 2 18 47 3 22 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 29 0 9 20 13 0 2 11 16 0 7 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 33 0 9 24 15 0 2 13 18 0 7 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 13 0 5 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.7 3.4 108.6 (15-19) 42.4 0.0 89.4 (15-19) 67.4 7.6 131.5 (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# 4 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 44.4 333.3 64.5 17.8 76.9 . 285.7 31.2 19.6 333.3 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 94 4 33 57 42 0 9 33 52 4 24 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.0 4.6 112.4 (15-19) 45.6 0.0 96.3 (15-19) 68.7 10.2 131.5 (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
