(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 21,942 1,747 853 894 318
WHITE 12,493 875 434 441 152
NONWHITE 9,449 872 419 453 166
-------- 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 76 5 33 38 23 0 10 13 53 5 23 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 2 6 4 1 0 0 1 11 2 6 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 5 28 30 12 0 5 7 51 5 23 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 4 12 1 0 0 1 15 0 4 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 21 0 6 15 4 0 1 3 17 0 5 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.5 5.9 79.4 (15-19) 26.3 0.0 52.2 (15-19) 60.8 11.9 106.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.2 0.0 30.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.9 0.0 43.5 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 23 3 9 11 12 0 5 7 11 3 4 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 302.6 600.0 272.7 289.5 521.7 . 500.0 538.5 207.5 600.0 173.9 160.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 100 8 43 49 35 0 15 20 65 8 28 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 57.2 9.4 102.9 (15-19) 40.0 0.0 79.4 (15-19) 74.5 19.1 125.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
* 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
