(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 33,738 2,911 1,467 1,444 551
WHITE 17,547 1,175 582 593 226
NONWHITE 16,191 1,736 885 851 325
-------- 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 149 8 65 76 42 2 16 24 107 6 49 52
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 11 6 2 0 0 2 15 0 11 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 32 1 18 13 5 0 4 1 27 1 14 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 122 7 56 59 16 1 7 8 106 6 49 51
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 36 0 10 26 9 0 3 6 27 0 7 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 44 0 10 34 11 0 3 8 33 0 7 26
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 2 6 7 2 0 1 1 13 2 5 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 51.2 5.4 97.6 (15-19) 35.7 3.4 67.4 (15-19) 61.6 6.8 118.7 (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# 23 4 8 11 9 2 4 3 14 2 4 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 154.4 500.0 123.1 144.7 214.3 1000 250.0 125.0 130.8 333.3 81.6 153.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 172 12 73 87 51 4 20 27 121 8 53 60
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.1 8.2 110.8 (15-19) 43.4 6.9 79.2 (15-19) 69.7 9.0 132.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 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
