(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 10,434 758 380 378 134
WHITE 7,997 525 257 268 94
NONWHITE 2,437 233 123 110 40
-------- 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 33 1 12 20 17 0 6 11 16 1 6 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 4 4 3 0 2 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18 1 6 11 3 0 0 3 15 1 6 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 1 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 1 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 0 4 6 2 0 0 2 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.5 2.6 84.6 (15-19) 32.4 0.0 63.4 (15-19) 68.7 8.1 136.4 (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 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 151.5 1000 166.7 100.0 117.6 . 0.0 90.9 187.5 0.0 333.3 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 38 2 14 22 19 1 6 12 19 1 8 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.1 5.3 95.2 (15-19) 36.2 3.9 67.2 (15-19) 81.5 8.1 163.6 (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
