(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 38,994 3,468 1,204 2,264 488
WHITE 24,015 1,911 490 1,421 235
NONWHITE 14,979 1,557 714 843 253
-------- 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 96 3 33 60 21 0 4 17 75 3 29 43
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 21 1 8 12 4 0 3 1 17 1 5 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 85 3 33 49 10 0 4 6 75 3 29 43
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 24 0 5 19 3 0 1 2 21 0 4 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 29 0 7 22 5 0 1 4 24 0 6 18
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 2 3 9 2 0 0 2 12 2 3 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 27.7 2.5 41.1 (15-19) 11.0 0.0 14.8 (15-19) 48.2 4.2 85.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.4 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 23.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 39 4 4 31 24 1 2 21 14 3 2 9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 406.2 1333 121.2 516.7 1143 . 500.0 1235 186.7 1000 69.0 209.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 136 7 37 92 45 1 6 38 90 6 31 53
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.2 5.8 57.0 (15-19) 23.5 2.0 31.0 (15-19) 57.8 8.4 99.6 (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
