(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 19,595 1,585 782 803 248
WHITE 10,877 695 321 374 119
NONWHITE 8,718 890 461 429 129
-------- 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 59 3 29 27 22 0 11 11 37 3 18 16
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 9 0 5 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 2 5 4 2 0 2 0 9 2 3 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 3 25 21 12 0 7 5 37 3 18 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 4 7 2 0 0 2 9 0 4 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 6 13 2 0 0 2 17 0 6 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.2 3.8 69.7 (15-19) 31.6 0.0 58.8 (15-19) 41.6 6.5 79.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 16.9 0.0 34.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 55.6 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 1 6 1 4 1 2 1 4 0 4 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 135.6 333.3 206.9 37.0 181.8 . 181.8 90.9 108.1 0.0 222.2 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 68 4 36 28 26 1 13 12 42 3 23 16
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.9 5.1 79.7 (15-19) 37.4 3.1 66.8 (15-19) 47.2 6.5 90.9 (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
