(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 170,862 12,488 6,395 6,093 2,896
WHITE 131,020 8,679 4,482 4,197 2,020
NONWHITE 39,842 3,809 1,913 1,896 876
-------- 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 589 18 223 348 330 5 110 215 259 13 113 133
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 56 0 18 38 20 0 6 14 36 0 12 24
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 114 3 42 69 40 1 14 25 74 2 28 44
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 451 18 191 242 203 5 80 118 248 13 111 124
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 138 0 29 109 66 0 5 61 72 0 24 48
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 173 0 45 128 85 0 12 73 88 0 33 55
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 125 6 53 66 42 1 12 29 83 5 41 37
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.2 2.8 93.7 (15-19) 38.0 1.1 77.4 (15-19) 68.0 6.8 129.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 7 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 11.9 0.0 17.9 8.6 12.1 0.0 9.1 14.0 11.6 0.0 26.5 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 57 3 21 33 37 1 13 23 20 2 8 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 96.8 166.7 94.2 94.8 112.1 200.0 118.2 107.0 77.2 153.8 70.8 75.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 653 21 248 384 371 6 124 241 282 15 124 143
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.3 3.3 103.7 (15-19) 42.7 1.3 87.0 (15-19) 74.0 7.8 140.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 9 0 3 6 6 0 1 5 3 0 2 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
