(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 22,352 1,815 834 981 357
WHITE 14,342 1,017 453 564 208
NONWHITE 8,010 798 381 417 149
-------- 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 79 2 38 39 35 0 17 18 44 2 21 21
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 6 7 1 0 0 1 12 0 6 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 57 2 30 25 15 0 10 5 42 2 20 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 4 8 3 0 1 2 9 0 3 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 6 9 5 0 2 3 10 0 4 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 6 1 3 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.5 2.4 78.5 (15-19) 34.4 0.0 62.0 (15-19) 55.1 5.2 100.7 (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# 15 1 5 9 8 1 1 6 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 189.9 500.0 131.6 230.8 228.6 . 58.8 333.3 113.6 0.0 95.2 142.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 94 3 43 48 43 1 18 24 49 2 23 24
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.8 3.6 92.8 (15-19) 42.3 2.2 74.5 (15-19) 61.4 5.2 112.7 (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
