(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 32,627 3,019 1,506 1,513 599
WHITE 10,891 677 334 343 111
NONWHITE 21,736 2,342 1,172 1,170 488
-------- 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 201 10 104 87 13 0 6 7 188 10 98 80
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 32 1 20 11 0 0 0 0 32 1 20 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 57 3 32 22 2 0 0 2 55 3 32 20
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 195 10 103 82 8 0 5 3 187 10 98 79
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 60 0 16 44 3 0 0 3 57 0 16 41
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 62 0 16 46 3 0 0 3 59 0 16 43
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 5 6 2 0 0 2 9 0 5 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 66.6 6.6 126.2 (15-19) 19.2 0.0 37.9 (15-19) 80.3 8.5 152.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.0 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 10.2 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 1 7 7 3 0 2 1 12 1 5 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 74.6 100.0 67.3 80.5 230.8 . 333.3 142.8 63.8 100.0 51.0 75.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 217 11 112 94 16 0 8 8 201 11 104 86
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 71.9 7.3 136.2 (15-19) 23.6 0.0 46.6 (15-19) 85.8 9.4 162.4 (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
