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 12,049 876 441 435 179
WHITE 7,275 437 218 219 85
NONWHITE 4,774 439 223 216 94
-------- 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 46 1 21 24 19 0 8 11 27 1 13 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 1 18 16 9 0 5 4 26 1 13 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 3 8 3 0 0 3 8 0 3 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 4 11 6 0 1 5 9 0 3 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 52.5 2.3 103.4 (15-19) 43.5 0.0 86.8 (15-19) 61.5 4.5 120.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.7 0.0 47.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.0 0.0 76.9 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 3 3 2 3 0 2 1 5 3 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 173.9 3000 142.8 83.3 157.9 . 250.0 90.9 185.2 3000 76.9 76.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 55 4 25 26 22 0 10 12 33 4 15 14
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 62.8 9.1 117.2 (15-19) 50.3 0.0 100.4 (15-19) 75.2 17.9 134.2 (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
