(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 37,321 3,170 1,537 1,633 597
WHITE 19,565 1,303 624 679 225
NONWHITE 17,756 1,867 913 954 372
-------- 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 3 74 72 29 0 13 16 120 3 61 56
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 9 3 3 0 3 0 10 1 6 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 30 1 13 16 5 0 2 3 25 1 11 13
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 132 3 68 61 16 0 9 7 116 3 59 54
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 27 0 6 21 6 0 0 6 21 0 6 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 38 0 8 30 9 0 0 9 29 0 8 21
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 22 1 7 14 3 0 0 3 19 1 7 11
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.0 2.0 89.4 (15-19) 22.2 0.0 42.7 (15-19) 64.3 3.3 122.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.4 0.0 13.5 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0 16.4 17.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 23 2 11 10 4 1 1 2 19 1 10 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 154.4 666.7 148.6 138.9 137.9 . 76.9 125.0 158.3 333.3 163.9 142.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 174 5 86 83 33 1 14 18 141 4 72 65
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.9 3.2 103.5 (15-19) 25.3 1.6 47.1 (15-19) 75.5 4.4 143.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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
