(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 17,241 1,402 699 703 232
WHITE 11,066 752 370 382 122
NONWHITE 6,175 650 329 321 110
-------- 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 46 1 20 25 18 1 6 11 28 0 14 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 33 1 16 16 6 1 2 3 27 0 14 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 5 6 2 0 1 1 9 0 4 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 6 7 2 0 1 1 11 0 5 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.8 1.4 64.0 (15-19) 23.9 2.7 44.5 (15-19) 43.1 0.0 87.2 (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# 6 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 130.4 0.0 50.0 200.0 111.1 0.0 0.0 181.8 142.8 . 71.4 214.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 52 1 21 30 20 1 6 13 32 0 15 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.1 1.4 72.5 (15-19) 26.6 2.7 49.7 (15-19) 49.2 0.0 99.7 (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
