(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 25,020 1,817 904 913 365
WHITE 20,971 1,416 735 681 302
NONWHITE 4,049 401 169 232 63
-------- 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 65 2 26 37 50 1 19 30 15 1 7 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 5 0 2 3 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 3 5 6 0 1 5 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 39 2 18 19 24 1 11 12 15 1 7 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 6 0 0 6 1 0 1 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 11 0 2 9 8 0 0 8 3 0 2 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.8 2.2 69.0 (15-19) 35.3 1.4 72.0 (15-19) 37.4 5.9 60.3 (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# 7 0 1 6 4 0 0 4 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 107.7 0.0 38.5 162.2 80.0 0.0 0.0 133.3 200.0 0.0 142.8 285.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 72 2 27 43 54 1 19 34 18 1 8 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.6 2.2 76.7 (15-19) 38.1 1.4 77.8 (15-19) 44.9 5.9 73.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
* 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
