(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 9,041 802 418 384 120
WHITE 2,480 160 73 87 30
NONWHITE 6,561 642 345 297 90
-------- 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 31 1 13 17 4 0 1 3 27 1 12 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 1 12 14 0 0 0 0 27 1 12 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 8 0 2 6 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.6 2.4 78.1 (15-19) 25.0 0.0 46.0 (15-19) 42.0 2.9 87.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 32.2 0.0 0.0 58.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 71.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 32 1 13 18 4 0 1 3 28 1 12 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.9 2.4 80.7 (15-19) 25.0 0.0 46.0 (15-19) 43.6 2.9 90.9 (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
