(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 24,275 1,926 952 974 451
WHITE 14,612 974 489 485 242
NONWHITE 9,663 952 463 489 209
-------- 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 95 8 41 46 48 4 17 27 47 4 24 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 5 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 1 8 6 9 1 4 4 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 72 8 34 30 25 4 10 11 47 4 24 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 3 17 9 0 1 8 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 6 20 13 0 3 10 13 0 3 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 2 5 0 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.3 8.4 89.3 (15-19) 49.3 8.2 90.7 (15-19) 49.4 8.6 87.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.0 0.0 0.0 43.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.6 0.0 0.0 105.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 17 1 7 9 10 0 6 4 7 1 1 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 178.9 125.0 170.7 195.6 208.3 0.0 352.9 148.1 148.9 250.0 41.7 263.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 114 9 48 57 58 4 23 31 56 5 25 26
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.2 9.4 107.8 (15-19) 59.5 8.2 111.3 (15-19) 58.8 10.8 104.3 (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
