(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 41,469 4,035 1,900 2,135 681
WHITE 13,857 1,049 363 686 150
NONWHITE 27,612 2,986 1,537 1,449 531
-------- 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 219 17 102 100 22 1 4 17 197 16 98 83
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 28 7 14 7 1 0 0 1 27 7 14 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 54 8 27 19 3 0 0 3 51 8 27 16
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 204 16 101 87 11 0 3 8 193 16 98 79
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 57 0 20 37 4 0 0 4 53 0 20 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 69 1 24 44 7 0 1 6 62 1 23 38
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 4 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 54.3 8.9 94.6 (15-19) 21.0 2.8 30.6 (15-19) 66.0 10.4 124.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.1 0.0 9.8 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 0.0 10.2 12.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 38 4 16 18 14 0 3 11 24 4 13 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 173.5 235.3 156.9 180.0 636.4 0.0 750.0 647.0 121.8 250.0 132.6 84.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 259 21 119 119 36 1 7 28 223 20 112 91
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 64.2 11.0 111.5 (15-19) 34.3 2.8 51.0 (15-19) 74.7 13.0 140.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 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
