(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 11,201 918 431 487 169
WHITE 8,717 664 314 350 128
NONWHITE 2,484 254 117 137 41
-------- 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 44 1 16 27 29 0 9 20 15 1 7 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 22 1 8 13 8 0 1 7 14 1 7 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 0 12 8 0 0 8 4 0 0 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 0 12 8 0 0 8 4 0 0 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.9 2.3 88.3 (15-19) 43.7 0.0 82.8 (15-19) 59.0 8.5 102.2 (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# 6 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 136.4 0.0 125.0 148.1 69.0 . 111.1 50.0 266.7 0.0 142.8 428.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 50 1 18 31 31 0 10 21 19 1 8 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.5 2.3 100.6 (15-19) 46.7 0.0 88.6 (15-19) 74.8 8.5 131.4 (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
