(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 14,094 1,267 594 673 229
WHITE 7,807 562 255 307 98
NONWHITE 6,287 705 339 366 131
-------- 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 64 1 24 39 19 0 4 15 45 1 20 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 1 22 24 4 0 2 2 43 1 20 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 3 14 3 0 0 3 14 0 3 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 6 15 6 0 2 4 15 0 4 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 3 6 2 0 1 1 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.5 1.7 93.6 (15-19) 33.8 0.0 61.9 (15-19) 63.8 3.0 120.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 31.2 0.0 41.7 25.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.4 0.0 50.0 41.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 31.2 0.0 41.7 25.6 52.6 . 0.0 66.7 22.2 0.0 50.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 68 1 26 41 20 0 4 16 48 1 22 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.7 1.7 99.6 (15-19) 35.6 0.0 65.1 (15-19) 68.1 3.0 128.4 (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
