(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 11,321 957 479 478 175
WHITE 8,615 681 349 332 125
NONWHITE 2,706 276 130 146 50
-------- 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 45 1 18 26 28 1 10 17 17 0 8 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 31 1 14 16 14 1 6 7 17 0 8 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 0 9 3 0 0 3 6 0 0 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.0 2.1 92.0 (15-19) 41.1 2.9 81.3 (15-19) 61.6 0.0 116.4 (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# 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 66.7 0.0 0.0 115.4 35.7 0.0 0.0 58.8 117.6 . 0.0 222.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 48 1 18 29 29 1 10 18 19 0 8 11
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.2 2.1 98.3 (15-19) 42.6 2.9 84.3 (15-19) 68.8 0.0 130.1 (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
