(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 48,988 4,152 2,043 2,109 836
WHITE 29,116 2,084 1,043 1,041 382
NONWHITE 19,872 2,068 1,000 1,068 454
-------- 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 183 5 72 106 64 1 20 43 119 4 52 63
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 25 0 11 14 8 0 3 5 17 0 8 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 31 1 10 20 7 0 2 5 24 1 8 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 153 5 63 85 35 1 11 23 118 4 52 62
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 54 0 15 39 15 0 4 11 39 0 11 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 63 0 18 45 20 0 5 15 43 0 13 30
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 19 1 9 9 6 1 2 3 13 0 7 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.1 2.4 84.4 (15-19) 30.7 1.0 60.5 (15-19) 57.5 4.0 107.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.9 0.0 13.9 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.8 0.0 19.2 15.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 44 4 14 26 16 1 7 8 28 3 7 18
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 240.4 800.0 194.4 245.3 250.0 1000 350.0 186.0 235.3 750.0 134.6 285.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 229 9 87 133 80 2 27 51 149 7 60 82
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.2 4.4 104.3 (15-19) 38.4 1.9 74.9 (15-19) 72.0 7.0 133.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2
* 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
