(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 25,134 2,294 1,146 1,148 428
WHITE 11,240 796 392 404 124
NONWHITE 13,894 1,498 754 744 304
-------- 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 143 7 71 65 22 0 8 14 121 7 63 51
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 19 3 8 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 24 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 24 3 11 10
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 132 7 69 56 13 0 6 7 119 7 63 49
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 40 1 14 25 4 0 0 4 36 1 14 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 42 1 15 26 4 0 0 4 38 1 15 22
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 2 7 2 1 0 1 0 10 2 6 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 62.3 6.1 118.5 (15-19) 27.6 0.0 54.4 (15-19) 80.8 9.3 153.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.0 0.0 28.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.5 0.0 31.7 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 25 1 9 15 10 0 4 6 15 1 5 9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 174.8 142.8 126.8 230.8 454.5 . 500.0 428.6 124.0 142.8 79.4 176.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 170 8 82 80 32 0 12 20 138 8 70 60
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 74.1 7.0 141.1 (15-19) 40.2 0.0 79.2 (15-19) 92.1 10.6 174.7 (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
