(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 103,176 7,921 3,966 3,955 1,465
WHITE 84,469 6,187 3,084 3,103 1,175
NONWHITE 18,707 1,734 882 852 290
-------- 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 230 10 83 137 153 4 53 96 77 6 30 41
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 20 2 4 14 13 0 3 10 7 2 1 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 28 0 9 19 13 0 2 11 15 0 7 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 156 10 67 79 81 4 37 40 75 6 30 39
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 50 1 8 41 28 0 4 24 22 1 4 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 61 1 10 50 37 0 6 31 24 1 4 19
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 2 4 5 6 1 2 3 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 29.0 2.5 55.6 (15-19) 24.7 1.3 48.0 (15-19) 44.4 6.8 83.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.4 0.0 12.0 21.9 13.1 0.0 18.9 10.4 26.0 0.0 0.0 48.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 51 2 20 29 40 1 16 23 11 1 4 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 221.7 200.0 241.0 211.7 261.4 250.0 301.9 239.6 142.8 166.7 133.3 146.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 285 12 104 169 195 5 70 120 90 7 34 49
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.0 3.0 69.0 (15-19) 31.5 1.6 61.2 (15-19) 51.9 7.9 97.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
