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 41,469 4,035 1,900 2,135 721
WHITE 13,857 1,049 363 686 159
NONWHITE 27,612 2,986 1,537 1,449 562
-------- 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 199 11 93 95 18 0 8 10 181 11 85 85
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 31 3 14 14 5 0 3 2 26 3 11 12
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 35 2 16 17 4 0 2 2 31 2 14 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 187 11 89 87 7 0 4 3 180 11 85 84
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 60 1 26 33 2 0 1 1 58 1 25 32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 72 1 30 41 6 0 2 4 66 1 28 37
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 7 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.3 5.8 88.0 (15-19) 17.2 0.0 26.2 (15-19) 60.6 7.2 117.3 (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# 40 1 12 27 14 0 3 11 26 1 9 16
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 201.0 90.9 129.0 284.2 777.8 . 375.0 1100 143.6 90.9 105.9 188.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 239 12 105 122 32 0 11 21 207 12 94 101
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.2 6.3 106.3 (15-19) 30.5 0.0 46.6 (15-19) 69.3 7.8 134.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 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
