(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 12,318 970 436 534 178
WHITE 9,479 681 298 383 132
NONWHITE 2,839 289 138 151 46
-------- 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 36 1 17 18 28 1 14 13 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 25 1 10 14 17 1 7 9 8 0 3 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 1 5 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 6 0 1 5 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 2 4 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.1 2.3 65.5 (15-19) 41.1 3.4 70.5 (15-19) 27.7 0.0 53.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 27.8 0.0 0.0 55.6 35.7 0.0 0.0 76.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 55.6 0.0 117.6 0.0 71.4 0.0 142.8 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 39 1 19 19 31 1 16 14 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.2 2.3 71.2 (15-19) 45.5 3.4 78.3 (15-19) 27.7 0.0 53.0 (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
