(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 21,703 1,816 881 935 341
WHITE 9,669 638 305 333 124
NONWHITE 12,034 1,178 576 602 217
-------- 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 83 1 32 50 18 0 7 11 65 1 25 39
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 1 0 0 1 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 7 8 3 0 3 0 12 0 4 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 1 28 40 4 0 3 1 65 1 25 39
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 5 14 3 0 1 2 16 0 4 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 23 0 7 16 4 0 1 3 19 0 6 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 0 4 10 1 0 0 1 13 0 4 9
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.7 1.1 87.7 (15-19) 28.2 0.0 54.0 (15-19) 55.2 1.7 106.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 24.1 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.8 0.0 0.0 51.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 2 4 9 4 0 1 3 11 2 3 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 180.7 2000 125.0 180.0 222.2 . 142.8 272.7 169.2 2000 120.0 153.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 100 3 36 61 22 0 8 14 78 3 28 47
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.1 3.4 103.7 (15-19) 34.5 0.0 66.1 (15-19) 66.2 5.2 124.6 (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
