(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 23,561 1,576 723 853 298
WHITE 20,593 1,315 609 706 260
NONWHITE 2,968 261 114 147 38
-------- 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 59 2 25 32 51 1 20 30 8 1 5 2
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 5 2 6 0 4 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 5 4 5 0 3 2 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 25 2 14 9 17 1 9 7 8 1 5 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 5 0 2 3 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 6 0 2 4 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 0
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 3 3 4 0 1 3 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.4 2.8 66.8 (15-19) 38.8 1.6 70.8 (15-19) 30.6 8.8 47.6 (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 2 5 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 118.6 0.0 80.0 156.2 137.2 0.0 100.0 166.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 66 2 27 37 58 1 22 35 8 1 5 2
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.9 2.8 75.0 (15-19) 44.1 1.6 80.7 (15-19) 30.6 8.8 47.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
