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 88,563 6,813 3,391 3,422 1,391
WHITE 75,074 5,492 2,772 2,720 1,191
NONWHITE 13,489 1,321 619 702 200
-------- 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 187 1 63 123 127 1 46 80 60 0 17 43
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 4 8 7 0 2 5 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 19 0 9 10 11 0 5 6 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 132 1 50 81 74 1 33 40 58 0 17 41
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 50 0 8 42 21 0 3 18 29 0 5 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 54 0 10 44 25 0 5 20 29 0 5 24
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 0 7 7 7 0 3 4 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 27.4 0.3 54.4 (15-19) 23.1 0.4 46.3 (15-19) 45.4 0.0 85.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.3 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 23.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 72 4 31 37 58 3 28 27 14 1 3 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 385.0 4000 492.1 300.8 456.7 3000 608.7 337.5 233.3 . 176.5 232.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 260 5 94 161 185 4 74 107 75 1 20 54
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.2 1.5 74.5 (15-19) 33.7 1.4 66.5 (15-19) 56.8 1.6 105.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 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
