(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 17,884 1,458 734 724 295
WHITE 15,969 1,248 626 622 265
NONWHITE 1,915 210 108 102 30
-------- 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 78 2 31 45 71 0 29 42 7 2 2 3
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 2 6 8 0 2 6 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 31 2 14 15 24 0 12 12 7 2 2 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 6 14 19 0 6 13 1 0 0 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 8 18 24 0 8 16 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 4 2 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.5 2.7 105.0 (15-19) 56.9 0.0 114.1 (15-19) 33.3 18.5 49.0 (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# 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 64.1 0.0 32.2 88.9 70.4 . 34.5 95.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 83 2 32 49 76 0 30 46 7 2 2 3
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.9 2.7 111.9 (15-19) 60.9 0.0 122.2 (15-19) 33.3 18.5 49.0 (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
