(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 70,411 6,466 3,245 3,221 1,226
WHITE 28,501 1,996 989 1,007 312
NONWHITE 41,910 4,470 2,256 2,214 914
-------- 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 367 21 142 204 54 0 15 39 313 21 127 165
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 32 0 13 19 4 0 1 3 28 0 12 16
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 72 5 26 41 3 0 1 2 69 5 25 39
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 338 21 135 182 31 0 10 21 307 21 125 161
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 114 0 31 83 11 0 2 9 103 0 29 74
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 142 0 39 103 14 0 3 11 128 0 36 92
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 56 3 24 29 4 0 1 3 52 3 23 26
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 56.8 6.5 107.4 (15-19) 27.0 0.0 53.6 (15-19) 70.0 9.3 131.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.3 0.0 14.1 19.6 18.5 0.0 66.7 0.0 16.0 0.0 7.9 24.2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 43 5 16 22 14 2 5 7 29 3 11 15
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 117.2 238.1 112.7 107.8 259.2 . 333.3 179.5 92.6 142.8 86.6 90.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 416 26 160 230 69 2 21 46 347 24 139 184
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 64.3 8.0 121.1 (15-19) 34.6 2.0 66.5 (15-19) 77.6 10.6 145.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
* 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
