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 17,884 1,458 734 724 310
WHITE 15,969 1,248 626 622 286
NONWHITE 1,915 210 108 102 24
-------- 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 58 1 12 45 53 1 11 41 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 0 7 5 0 0 5 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 29 1 8 20 24 1 7 16 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 1 1 12 14 1 1 12 0 0 0 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 1 3 15 19 1 3 15 0 0 0 0
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.8 1.4 78.7 (15-19) 42.5 1.6 83.6 (15-19) 23.8 0.0 49.0 (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# 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 69.0 1000 166.7 22.2 37.7 1000 90.9 0.0 400.0 . 1000 250.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 62 2 14 46 55 2 12 41 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.5 2.7 82.9 (15-19) 44.1 3.2 85.2 (15-19) 33.3 0.0 68.6 (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
