(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 19,615 1,449 723 726 273
WHITE 16,202 1,099 545 554 206
NONWHITE 3,413 350 178 172 67
-------- 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 59 2 25 32 37 1 14 22 22 1 11 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 40 2 21 17 18 1 10 7 22 1 11 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 2 11 9 0 0 9 4 0 2 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 2 14 10 0 0 10 6 0 2 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.7 2.8 78.5 (15-19) 33.7 1.8 65.0 (15-19) 62.8 5.6 122.1 (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# 7 1 3 3 6 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 118.6 500.0 120.0 93.8 162.2 0.0 214.3 136.4 45.4 1000 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 66 3 28 35 43 1 17 25 23 2 11 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.5 4.1 86.8 (15-19) 39.1 1.8 75.8 (15-19) 65.7 11.2 122.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
