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 25,134 2,294 1,146 1,148 432
WHITE 11,240 796 392 404 144
NONWHITE 13,894 1,498 754 744 288
-------- 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 104 6 40 58 18 0 4 14 86 6 36 44
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 2 10 3 0 0 3 10 1 2 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 23 2 6 15 5 0 0 5 18 2 6 10
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 93 6 37 50 7 0 1 6 86 6 36 44
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 29 0 8 21 6 0 0 6 23 0 8 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 41 0 10 31 9 0 0 9 32 0 10 22
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 1 6 6 2 0 0 2 11 1 6 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.3 5.2 85.4 (15-19) 22.6 0.0 44.6 (15-19) 57.4 8.0 107.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 48.1 0.0 75.0 34.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 58.1 0.0 83.3 45.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 19 0 12 7 5 0 2 3 14 0 10 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 182.7 0.0 300.0 120.7 277.8 . 500.0 214.3 162.8 0.0 277.8 90.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 128 6 55 67 23 0 6 17 105 6 49 50
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.8 5.2 106.3 (15-19) 28.9 0.0 56.9 (15-19) 70.1 8.0 133.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
