(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 14,813 1,119 565 554 215
WHITE 11,379 773 382 391 146
NONWHITE 3,434 346 183 163 69
-------- 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 48 0 14 34 24 0 7 17 24 0 7 17
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 4 0 2 2 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 29 0 10 19 7 0 3 4 22 0 7 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 11 0 1 10 4 0 0 4 7 0 1 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.9 0.0 86.6 (15-19) 31.0 0.0 61.4 (15-19) 69.4 0.0 147.2 (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# 5 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 104.2 . 285.7 29.4 83.3 . 285.7 0.0 83.3 . 142.8 58.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 53 0 18 35 26 0 9 17 26 0 8 18
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.4 0.0 95.7 (15-19) 33.6 0.0 66.5 (15-19) 75.1 0.0 159.5 (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
