(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 23,936 1,928 938 990 364
WHITE 15,824 1,134 538 596 216
NONWHITE 8,112 794 400 394 148
-------- 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 85 4 32 49 44 2 13 29 41 2 19 20
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 2 4 8 8 2 2 4 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 5 14 6 1 2 3 14 0 3 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 60 3 28 29 19 1 9 9 41 2 19 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 4 13 10 0 2 8 7 0 2 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 5 17 14 0 3 11 8 0 2 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.1 4.3 81.8 (15-19) 38.8 3.7 70.5 (15-19) 51.6 5.0 99.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.8 0.0 0.0 20.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.4 0.0 0.0 50.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 58.8 250.0 31.2 61.2 45.4 500.0 76.9 0.0 73.2 0.0 0.0 150.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 91 5 33 53 46 3 14 29 45 2 19 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.2 5.3 86.9 (15-19) 40.6 5.6 72.1 (15-19) 56.7 5.0 109.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
