(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 17,648 1,372 662 710 305
WHITE 10,443 659 310 349 151
NONWHITE 7,205 713 352 361 154
-------- 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 75 5 34 36 32 2 13 17 43 3 21 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 1 7 5 0 0 0 0 13 1 7 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 3 29 23 12 0 8 4 43 3 21 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 4 7 3 0 0 3 8 0 4 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 18 0 5 13 8 0 1 7 10 0 4 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 54.7 7.6 98.6 (15-19) 48.6 6.4 86.0 (15-19) 60.3 8.5 110.8 (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# 5 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 66.7 0.0 88.2 55.6 62.5 0.0 0.0 117.6 69.8 0.0 142.8 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 80 5 37 38 34 2 13 19 46 3 24 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 58.3 7.6 105.6 (15-19) 51.6 6.4 91.7 (15-19) 64.5 8.5 119.1 (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
