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 8,295 815 403 412 140
WHITE 1,049 54 28 26 11
NONWHITE 7,246 761 375 386 129
-------- 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 38 1 12 25 2 0 0 2 36 1 12 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 1 11 24 1 0 0 1 35 1 11 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 11 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.6 2.5 89.8 (15-19) 37.0 0.0 76.9 (15-19) 47.3 2.7 90.7 (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 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 105.3 0.0 0.0 160.0 0.0 . . 0.0 111.1 0.0 0.0 173.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 42 1 12 29 2 0 0 2 40 1 12 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.5 2.5 99.5 (15-19) 37.0 0.0 76.9 (15-19) 52.6 2.7 101.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
