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 11,201 918 431 487 162
WHITE 8,717 664 314 350 124
NONWHITE 2,484 254 117 137 38
-------- 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 31 0 10 21 24 0 7 17 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 2 3 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 15 0 5 10 8 0 2 6 7 0 3 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 5 0 0 5 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 0 7 5 0 0 5 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.8 0.0 63.6 (15-19) 36.1 0.0 68.6 (15-19) 27.6 0.0 51.1 (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 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 64.5 . 200.0 0.0 83.3 . 285.7 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 33 0 12 21 26 0 9 17 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.9 0.0 67.8 (15-19) 39.2 0.0 74.3 (15-19) 27.6 0.0 51.1 (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
