(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 16,010 1,354 664 690 295
WHITE 10,076 684 336 348 155
NONWHITE 5,934 670 328 342 140
-------- 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 76 1 30 45 21 0 7 14 55 1 23 31
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 5 8 1 0 1 0 12 0 4 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 8 6 4 0 3 1 10 0 5 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 59 1 27 31 7 0 4 3 52 1 23 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 1 4 14 2 0 1 1 17 1 3 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 1 5 14 2 0 1 1 18 1 4 13
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 7 4 1 0 0 1 10 0 7 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 56.1 1.5 108.7 (15-19) 30.7 0.0 60.3 (15-19) 82.1 3.0 157.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.3 0.0 33.3 22.2 95.2 0.0 142.8 71.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 65.8 0.0 33.3 88.9 95.2 . 0.0 142.8 54.5 0.0 43.5 64.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 83 1 32 50 25 0 8 17 58 1 24 33
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 61.3 1.5 118.8 (15-19) 36.6 0.0 71.8 (15-19) 86.6 3.0 166.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
* 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
