(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 13,854 1,163 559 604 157
WHITE 7,469 503 255 248 76
NONWHITE 6,385 660 304 356 81
-------- 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 31 2 9 20 11 1 2 8 20 1 7 12
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 2 9 16 7 1 2 4 20 1 7 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 26.6 3.6 48.0 (15-19) 21.9 3.9 40.3 (15-19) 30.3 3.3 53.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 32.2 0.0 111.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 142.8 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 64.5 500.0 0.0 50.0 90.9 0.0 0.0 125.0 50.0 1000 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 34 3 10 21 12 1 2 9 22 2 8 12
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 29.2 5.4 51.3 (15-19) 23.8 3.9 44.4 (15-19) 33.3 6.6 56.2 (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
