(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 31,897 2,206 1,030 1,176 379
WHITE 28,096 1,845 868 977 301
NONWHITE 3,801 361 162 199 78
-------- 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 82 3 41 38 49 2 23 24 33 1 18 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 1 10 4 9 1 6 2 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 7 5 9 1 5 3 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 50 3 26 21 18 2 8 8 32 1 18 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 4 12 8 0 2 6 8 0 2 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 6 18 14 0 3 11 10 0 3 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.2 2.9 67.2 (15-19) 26.6 2.3 48.1 (15-19) 91.4 6.2 160.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 17 1 6 10 12 0 5 7 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 207.3 333.3 146.3 263.2 244.9 0.0 217.4 291.7 151.5 1000 55.6 214.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 99 4 47 48 61 2 28 31 38 2 19 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.9 3.9 80.8 (15-19) 33.1 2.3 60.4 (15-19) 105.3 12.3 180.9 (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
