(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 19,368 1,677 876 801 346
WHITE 12,109 920 484 436 175
NONWHITE 7,259 757 392 365 171
-------- 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 83 3 35 45 38 1 16 21 45 2 19 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 7 6 2 0 2 0 11 0 5 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 6 9 2 0 1 1 13 0 5 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 56 3 26 27 12 1 7 4 44 2 19 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 6 11 7 0 2 5 10 0 4 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 6 13 9 0 2 7 10 0 4 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.5 3.4 99.9 (15-19) 41.3 2.1 84.9 (15-19) 59.4 5.1 117.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 12.0 0.0 0.0 22.2 26.3 0.0 0.0 47.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 60.2 333.3 57.1 44.4 26.3 0.0 0.0 47.6 88.9 500.0 105.3 41.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 89 4 37 48 40 1 16 23 49 3 21 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.1 4.6 106.1 (15-19) 43.5 2.1 89.4 (15-19) 64.7 7.6 126.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 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
