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 28,027 2,237 1,121 1,116 393
WHITE 13,256 867 435 432 159
NONWHITE 14,771 1,370 686 684 234
-------- 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 100 5 49 46 28 0 14 14 72 5 35 32
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 1 6 12 5 0 1 4 14 1 5 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 9 10 5 0 2 3 15 1 7 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 5 43 37 17 0 9 8 68 5 34 29
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 5 14 3 0 0 3 16 0 5 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 8 18 6 0 0 6 20 0 8 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 3 3 5 3 0 2 1 8 3 1 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.7 4.5 85.1 (15-19) 32.3 0.0 64.8 (15-19) 52.6 7.3 98.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.0 0.0 0.0 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9 0.0 0.0 31.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 19 2 6 11 5 0 3 2 14 2 3 9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 190.0 400.0 122.4 239.1 178.6 . 214.3 142.8 194.4 400.0 85.7 281.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 120 7 55 58 33 0 17 16 87 7 38 42
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.6 6.2 101.2 (15-19) 38.1 0.0 76.4 (15-19) 63.5 10.2 117.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 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
