(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 14,087 1,320 661 659 241
WHITE 5,041 322 167 155 75
NONWHITE 9,046 998 494 504 166
-------- 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 69 3 35 31 13 0 6 7 56 3 29 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 10 6 2 0 1 1 15 1 9 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 61 3 32 26 6 0 3 3 55 3 29 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 3 10 2 0 1 1 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 5 10 2 0 1 1 13 0 4 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 52.3 4.5 100.2 (15-19) 40.4 0.0 83.9 (15-19) 56.1 6.1 105.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.5 0.0 0.0 32.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.8 0.0 0.0 41.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 72.5 0.0 114.3 32.2 384.6 . 666.7 142.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 75 3 39 33 18 0 10 8 57 3 29 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.8 4.5 109.2 (15-19) 55.9 0.0 116.1 (15-19) 57.1 6.1 107.1 (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
