(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 23,429 1,697 791 906 325
WHITE 19,750 1,374 651 723 242
NONWHITE 3,679 323 140 183 83
-------- 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 81 2 28 51 52 1 20 31 29 1 8 20
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 19 0 7 12 11 0 5 6 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 2 16 23 13 1 8 4 28 1 8 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 2 12 6 0 1 5 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 4 18 11 0 2 9 11 0 2 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.7 2.5 87.2 (15-19) 37.8 1.5 70.5 (15-19) 89.8 7.1 153.0 (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# 5 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 61.7 0.0 35.7 78.4 57.7 0.0 0.0 96.8 69.0 0.0 125.0 50.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 86 2 29 55 55 1 20 34 31 1 9 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.7 2.5 92.7 (15-19) 40.0 1.5 74.7 (15-19) 96.0 7.1 163.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
