(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 9,470 843 387 456 189
WHITE 3,265 180 81 99 43
NONWHITE 6,205 663 306 357 146
-------- 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 57 3 24 30 9 0 4 5 48 3 20 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 4 8 2 0 0 2 11 1 4 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 23 2 10 11 4 0 1 3 19 2 9 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 3 21 27 5 0 2 3 46 3 19 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 22 0 7 15 3 0 2 1 19 0 5 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 7 16 3 0 2 1 20 0 5 15
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 67.6 7.8 118.4 (15-19) 50.0 0.0 90.9 (15-19) 72.4 9.8 126.0 (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 52.6 0.0 0.0 100.0 111.1 . 0.0 200.0 41.7 0.0 0.0 80.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 60 3 24 33 10 0 4 6 50 3 20 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 71.2 7.8 125.0 (15-19) 55.6 0.0 101.0 (15-19) 75.4 9.8 131.6 (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
