(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 7,952 699 377 322 96
WHITE 4,846 347 179 168 50
NONWHITE 3,106 352 198 154 46
-------- 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 17 0 6 11 7 0 2 5 10 0 4 6
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 14 0 5 9 4 0 1 3 10 0 4 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 24.3 0.0 52.8 (15-19) 20.2 0.0 41.7 (15-19) 28.4 0.0 64.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 58.8 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 100.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 18 1 6 11 7 0 2 5 11 1 4 6
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 25.8 2.6 52.8 (15-19) 20.2 0.0 41.7 (15-19) 31.2 5.0 64.9 (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
