(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 11,324 1,533 404 1,129 170
WHITE 1,862 106 51 55 15
NONWHITE 9,462 1,427 353 1,074 155
-------- 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 51 3 25 23 3 0 1 2 48 3 24 21
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 11 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 11 1 5 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 14 2 9 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 3 24 19 1 0 0 1 45 3 24 18
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 7 0 4 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 4 5 1 0 0 1 8 0 4 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.3 7.4 42.5 (15-19) 28.3 0.0 54.5 (15-19) 33.6 8.5 41.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.6 333.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.8 333.3 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 8 2 4 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 156.9 666.7 160.0 87.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 166.7 666.7 166.7 95.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 60 6 29 25 3 0 1 2 57 6 28 23
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.1 14.8 47.8 (15-19) 28.3 0.0 54.5 (15-19) 39.9 17.0 47.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 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
