(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 8,934 778 369 409 125
WHITE 6,115 455 204 251 74
NONWHITE 2,819 323 165 158 51
-------- 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 28 2 11 15 15 0 6 9 13 2 5 6
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 16 2 7 7 4 0 2 2 12 2 5 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 5 0 1 4 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 2 7 5 0 1 4 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.0 5.4 63.6 (15-19) 33.0 0.0 59.8 (15-19) 40.2 12.1 69.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 35.7 0.0 90.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 76.9 0.0 200.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 71.4 0.0 0.0 133.3 66.7 . 0.0 111.1 76.9 0.0 0.0 166.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 31 2 12 17 16 0 6 10 15 2 6 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.8 5.4 70.9 (15-19) 35.2 0.0 63.7 (15-19) 46.4 12.1 82.3 (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
