(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 14,630 1,054 535 519 193
WHITE 10,424 655 323 332 117
NONWHITE 4,206 399 212 187 76
-------- 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 49 6 22 21 20 0 10 10 29 6 12 11
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 7 2 4 0 4 0 6 1 3 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 5 7 3 0 2 1 10 1 3 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 40 6 19 15 12 0 7 5 28 6 12 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 10 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 8 1 3 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 1 5 6 3 0 2 1 9 1 3 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.5 11.2 82.8 (15-19) 30.5 0.0 60.2 (15-19) 72.7 28.3 123.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.4 0.0 0.0 47.6 50.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 61.2 0.0 0.0 142.8 100.0 . 0.0 200.0 34.5 0.0 0.0 90.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 53 6 22 25 23 0 10 13 30 6 12 12
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.3 11.2 90.6 (15-19) 35.1 0.0 69.3 (15-19) 75.2 28.3 128.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 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
