(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 18,204 1,399 693 706 262
WHITE 10,599 705 346 359 128
NONWHITE 7,605 694 347 347 134
-------- 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 64 2 26 36 21 1 8 12 43 1 18 24
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 2 5 5 1 1 3 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 1 25 23 11 0 7 4 38 1 18 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 2 9 4 0 1 3 7 0 1 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 11 0 2 9 4 0 1 3 7 0 1 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.7 2.9 87.8 (15-19) 29.8 2.9 55.7 (15-19) 62.0 2.9 121.0 (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# 9 1 5 3 4 0 3 1 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 140.6 500.0 192.3 83.3 190.5 0.0 375.0 83.3 116.3 1000 111.1 83.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 73 3 31 39 25 1 11 13 48 2 20 26
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.2 4.3 99.2 (15-19) 35.5 2.9 66.8 (15-19) 69.2 5.8 132.6 (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
