(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 35,979 2,939 1,502 1,437 510
WHITE 17,982 1,248 653 595 183
NONWHITE 17,997 1,691 849 842 327
-------- 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 115 3 50 62 23 0 13 10 92 3 37 52
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 24 2 9 13 6 0 4 2 18 2 5 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 22 2 8 12 3 0 2 1 19 2 6 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 104 3 45 56 14 0 8 6 90 3 37 50
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 6 14 1 0 0 1 19 0 6 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 10 17 4 0 1 3 23 0 9 14
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 9 1 5 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.1 2.0 77.9 (15-19) 18.4 0.0 38.6 (15-19) 54.4 3.5 105.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.1 0.0 20.0 32.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.6 0.0 27.0 38.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 3 3 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 60.9 1000 60.0 16.1 173.9 . 153.8 0.0 32.6 333.3 27.0 19.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 125 6 54 65 27 2 15 10 98 4 39 55
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.5 4.0 82.8 (15-19) 21.6 3.1 42.0 (15-19) 58.0 4.7 111.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
* 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
