(HSVSTEEN) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1995
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 21,630 1,654 785 869 320
WHITE 14,434 960 464 496 164
NONWHITE 7,196 694 321 373 156
-------- 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 68 2 25 41 19 0 6 13 49 2 19 28
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 1 0 0 1 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 1 8 2 0 0 2 7 0 1 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 54 2 20 32 8 0 2 6 46 2 18 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 3 16 5 0 2 3 14 0 1 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 3 17 5 0 2 3 15 0 1 14
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.1 2.5 75.9 (15-19) 19.8 0.0 38.3 (15-19) 70.6 6.2 126.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.7 0.0 0.0 24.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.4 0.0 0.0 35.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 2 4 9 7 0 1 6 8 2 3 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 220.6 1000 160.0 219.5 368.4 . 166.7 461.5 163.3 1000 157.9 107.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 84 4 29 51 26 0 7 19 58 4 22 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.8 5.1 92.1 (15-19) 27.1 0.0 52.4 (15-19) 83.6 12.5 144.8 (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
