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 133,134 10,630 5,147 5,483 1,724
WHITE 103,144 7,506 3,690 3,816 1,227
NONWHITE 29,990 3,124 1,457 1,667 497
-------- 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 354 5 122 227 221 2 76 143 133 3 46 84
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 42 0 12 30 22 0 8 14 20 0 4 16
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 43 1 15 27 19 1 8 10 24 0 7 17
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 271 4 106 161 146 1 61 84 125 3 45 77
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 82 0 15 67 39 0 4 35 43 0 11 32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 100 0 23 77 51 0 9 42 49 0 14 35
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 39 1 21 17 20 0 13 7 19 1 8 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.3 1.0 63.6 (15-19) 29.4 0.5 57.4 (15-19) 42.6 2.0 78.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 8.5 0.0 0.0 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.6 0.0 0.0 35.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 87 4 34 49 52 1 26 25 35 3 8 24
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 245.8 800.0 278.7 215.8 235.3 500.0 342.1 174.8 263.2 1000 173.9 285.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 444 9 156 279 273 3 102 168 171 6 54 111
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.8 1.7 79.3 (15-19) 36.4 0.8 70.8 (15-19) 54.7 4.1 99.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 0 5 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2
* 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
