(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 28,027 2,237 1,121 1,116 423
WHITE 13,256 867 435 432 180
NONWHITE 14,771 1,370 686 684 243
-------- 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 105 2 47 56 23 1 10 12 82 1 37 44
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 0 13 8 3 0 2 1 18 0 11 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 10 5 2 0 2 0 13 0 8 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 83 1 40 42 7 0 5 2 76 1 35 40
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 22 0 9 13 5 0 1 4 17 0 8 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 29 0 10 19 6 0 1 5 23 0 9 14
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.9 1.8 92.3 (15-19) 26.5 2.3 50.9 (15-19) 59.8 1.4 118.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 28.6 0.0 42.6 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.6 0.0 54.0 22.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 11 1 5 5 5 0 4 1 6 1 1 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 104.8 500.0 106.4 89.3 217.4 0.0 400.0 83.3 73.2 1000 27.0 90.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 119 3 54 62 28 1 14 13 91 2 40 49
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.2 2.7 103.9 (15-19) 32.3 2.3 62.5 (15-19) 66.4 2.9 130.1 (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
