(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 35,345 3,049 1,509 1,540 548
WHITE 11,437 682 324 358 113
NONWHITE 23,908 2,367 1,185 1,182 435
-------- 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 177 9 83 85 18 0 4 14 159 9 79 71
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 3 10 9 1 0 0 1 21 3 10 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 35 3 17 15 4 0 1 3 31 3 16 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 167 9 80 78 9 0 2 7 158 9 78 71
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 42 0 13 29 3 0 0 3 39 0 13 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 51 0 17 34 4 0 0 4 47 0 17 30
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 1 2 8 2 0 0 2 9 1 2 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 58.0 6.0 109.1 (15-19) 26.4 0.0 50.3 (15-19) 67.2 7.6 126.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.3 0.0 12.0 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.6 0.0 12.6 14.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 24 4 10 10 7 0 3 4 17 4 7 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 135.6 444.4 120.5 117.6 388.9 . 750.0 285.7 106.9 444.4 88.6 84.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 203 13 94 96 25 0 7 18 178 13 87 78
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 66.6 8.6 123.4 (15-19) 36.6 0.0 69.8 (15-19) 75.2 11.0 139.6 (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
