(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 12,134 1,142 559 583 213
WHITE 3,240 213 107 106 49
NONWHITE 8,894 929 452 477 164
-------- 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 43 1 18 24 3 0 3 0 40 1 15 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 1 15 23 0 0 0 0 39 1 15 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 13 0 3 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.6 1.8 72.0 (15-19) 14.1 0.0 28.3 (15-19) 43.0 2.2 81.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.2 0.0 55.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 66.7 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 5 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 139.5 0.0 277.8 41.7 333.3 . 0.0 0.0 125.0 0.0 333.3 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 50 1 24 25 4 0 3 1 46 1 21 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.8 1.8 84.0 (15-19) 18.8 0.0 37.7 (15-19) 49.5 2.2 94.3 (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
