(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 9,844 819 383 436 99
WHITE 5,901 421 197 224 45
NONWHITE 3,943 398 186 212 54
-------- 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 21 1 9 11 3 0 1 2 18 1 8 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 19 1 8 10 1 0 0 1 18 1 8 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 25.6 2.6 45.9 (15-19) 7.1 0.0 13.4 (15-19) 45.2 5.4 80.2 (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# 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 95.2 0.0 222.2 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 111.1 0.0 250.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 23 1 11 11 3 0 1 2 20 1 10 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 28.1 2.6 50.4 (15-19) 7.1 0.0 13.4 (15-19) 50.2 5.4 89.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
