(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 6,875 701 319 382 128
WHITE 1,967 154 75 79 17
NONWHITE 4,908 547 244 303 111
-------- 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 49 4 25 20 3 0 1 2 46 4 24 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 6 0 5 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 4 25 20 3 0 1 2 46 4 24 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 2 6 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 8 0 2 6 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 12 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 12 2 4 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 69.9 12.5 117.8 (15-19) 19.5 0.0 38.0 (15-19) 84.1 16.4 138.6 (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# 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 81.6 250.0 80.0 50.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 87.0 250.0 83.3 55.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 53 5 27 21 3 0 1 2 50 5 26 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 75.6 15.7 125.6 (15-19) 19.5 0.0 38.0 (15-19) 91.4 20.5 148.5 (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
