(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 72,427 5,613 2,574 3,039 1,044
WHITE 49,061 3,165 1,453 1,712 568
NONWHITE 23,366 2,448 1,121 1,327 476
-------- 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 230 6 103 121 89 2 39 48 141 4 64 73
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 26 0 10 16 9 0 4 5 17 0 6 11
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 41 1 18 22 10 0 3 7 31 1 15 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 183 6 88 89 45 2 24 19 138 4 64 70
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 53 0 16 37 16 0 4 12 37 0 12 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 66 0 17 49 20 0 4 16 46 0 13 33
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 23 1 8 14 5 1 0 4 18 0 8 10
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.0 2.3 73.7 (15-19) 28.1 1.4 50.8 (15-19) 57.6 3.6 103.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 4 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.7 0.0 38.8 8.3 11.2 0.0 0.0 20.8 28.4 0.0 62.5 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 27 0 8 19 19 0 5 14 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 117.4 0.0 77.7 157.0 213.5 0.0 128.2 291.7 56.7 0.0 46.9 68.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 262 6 115 141 109 2 44 63 153 4 71 78
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.7 2.3 84.2 (15-19) 34.4 1.4 62.5 (15-19) 62.5 3.6 112.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 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
