(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 36,182 2,692 1,332 1,360 498
WHITE 32,040 2,290 1,142 1,148 447
NONWHITE 4,142 402 190 212 51
-------- 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 94 0 33 61 82 0 31 51 12 0 2 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 5 5 6 0 4 2 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 5 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 66 0 31 35 55 0 29 26 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 22 0 1 21 19 0 1 18 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 2 23 22 0 2 20 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 0 6 7 11 0 6 5 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.9 0.0 69.1 (15-19) 35.8 0.0 71.4 (15-19) 29.8 0.0 56.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.3 0.0 0.0 32.8 24.4 0.0 0.0 39.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 21.3 . 30.3 16.4 24.4 . 32.2 19.6 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 98 0 34 64 86 0 32 54 12 0 2 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.4 0.0 72.0 (15-19) 37.6 0.0 74.9 (15-19) 29.8 0.0 56.6 (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
