(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 88,563 6,813 3,391 3,422 1,229
WHITE 75,074 5,492 2,772 2,720 1,042
NONWHITE 13,489 1,321 619 702 187
-------- 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 180 1 69 110 125 0 45 80 55 1 24 30
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 8 3 5 0 3 2 6 0 5 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 0 12 15 13 0 6 7 14 0 6 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 130 1 57 72 75 0 33 42 55 1 24 30
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 38 0 8 30 19 0 4 15 19 0 4 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 46 0 10 36 27 0 6 21 19 0 4 15
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 18 0 10 8 3 0 2 1 15 0 8 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 26.4 0.3 52.3 (15-19) 22.8 0.0 46.0 (15-19) 41.6 1.6 76.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.6 0.0 0.0 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.2 0.0 0.0 33.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 58 6 26 26 47 4 22 21 11 2 4 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 322.2 6000 376.8 236.4 376.0 . 488.9 262.5 200.0 2000 166.7 166.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 239 7 95 137 172 4 67 101 67 3 28 36
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 35.1 2.1 67.8 (15-19) 31.3 1.4 61.8 (15-19) 50.7 4.8 91.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
