(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 12,049 876 441 435 150
WHITE 7,275 437 218 219 82
NONWHITE 4,774 439 223 216 68
-------- 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 28 1 12 15 16 0 5 11 12 1 7 4
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 17 1 10 6 6 0 3 3 11 1 7 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 0 8 6 0 0 6 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 1 8 6 0 0 6 3 0 1 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.0 2.3 62.1 (15-19) 36.6 0.0 73.0 (15-19) 27.3 4.5 50.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 35.7 0.0 0.0 66.7 62.5 0.0 0.0 90.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 142.8 0.0 250.0 66.7 62.5 . 0.0 90.9 250.0 0.0 428.6 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 33 1 15 17 18 0 5 13 15 1 10 4
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.7 2.3 73.6 (15-19) 41.2 0.0 82.2 (15-19) 34.2 4.5 64.8 (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
