(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 9,063 884 419 465 163
WHITE 2,373 165 83 82 22
NONWHITE 6,690 719 336 383 141
-------- 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 52 5 24 23 0 0 0 0 52 5 24 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 2 5 8 0 0 0 0 15 2 5 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 5 24 23 0 0 0 0 52 5 24 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 15 1 8 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 15 1 8 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 6 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 58.8 11.9 101.1 (15-19) 0.0 0.0 0.0 (15-19) 72.3 14.9 122.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.2 0.0 41.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.2 0.0 41.7 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 8 2 2 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 192.3 400.0 83.3 260.9 0.0 . . 0.0 153.8 400.0 83.3 173.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 63 7 27 29 2 0 0 2 61 7 27 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 71.3 16.7 120.4 (15-19) 12.1 0.0 24.4 (15-19) 84.8 20.8 141.0 (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
