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(HSVSTEEN)                                        TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
                                             BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
                                                        MISSISSIPPI, 1995
 
 
 

COUNTY: TUNICA

 
                  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
                                           ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------
 
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

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