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 13,854 1,163 559 604 139
WHITE 7,469 503 255 248 74
NONWHITE 6,385 660 304 356 65
-------- 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 18 0 7 11 6 0 0 6 12 0 7 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 13 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 12 0 7 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 15.5 0.0 29.8 (15-19) 11.9 0.0 24.2 (15-19) 18.2 0.0 33.7 (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# 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 111.1 . 142.8 90.9 166.7 . . 0.0 83.3 . 0.0 200.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 20 0 8 12 7 0 1 6 13 0 7 6
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 17.2 0.0 33.1 (15-19) 13.9 0.0 28.2 (15-19) 19.7 0.0 36.5 (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
