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 18,578 1,441 726 715 291
WHITE 10,907 695 361 334 132
NONWHITE 7,671 746 365 381 159
-------- 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 71 4 26 41 26 0 10 16 45 4 16 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 3 5 4 0 1 3 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 2 0 11 4 0 0 4 9 2 0 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 4 20 27 8 0 4 4 43 4 16 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 3 15 6 0 0 6 12 0 3 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 4 17 9 0 1 8 12 0 3 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.3 5.5 93.7 (15-19) 37.4 0.0 77.8 (15-19) 60.3 11.0 107.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.1 0.0 38.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.2 0.0 62.5 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 42.2 0.0 115.4 0.0 115.4 . 300.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 75 4 30 41 29 0 13 16 46 4 17 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.0 5.5 99.3 (15-19) 41.7 0.0 86.8 (15-19) 61.7 11.0 110.2 (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
