(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 17,666 1,144 550 594 216
WHITE 16,964 1,085 520 565 209
NONWHITE 702 59 30 29 7
-------- 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 44 0 15 29 41 0 14 27 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 20 0 11 9 18 0 10 8 2 0 1 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 1 6 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 0
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.5 0.0 74.1 (15-19) 37.8 0.0 72.6 (15-19) 50.8 0.0 103.4 (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# 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 90.9 . 66.7 69.0 48.8 . 0.0 74.1 666.7 . 1000 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 48 1 16 31 43 0 14 29 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.0 1.8 79.1 (15-19) 39.6 0.0 76.1 (15-19) 84.7 33.3 137.9 (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
