(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 20,771 2,018 1,039 979 372
WHITE 4,654 298 155 143 52
NONWHITE 16,117 1,720 884 836 320
-------- 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 122 7 48 67 6 0 1 5 116 7 47 62
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 13 2 6 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 26 2 11 13 1 0 0 1 25 2 11 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 7 48 61 2 0 1 1 114 7 47 60
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 30 0 7 23 1 0 0 1 29 0 7 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 35 0 10 25 1 0 0 1 34 0 10 24
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 14 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 14 1 8 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 60.4 6.7 117.5 (15-19) 20.1 0.0 42.0 (15-19) 67.4 7.9 130.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 8.2 0.0 0.0 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.6 0.0 0.0 16.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 19 5 6 8 3 1 0 2 16 4 6 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 155.7 714.3 125.0 119.4 500.0 . 0.0 400.0 137.9 571.4 127.7 96.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 142 12 54 76 9 1 1 7 133 11 53 69
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 70.4 11.6 132.8 (15-19) 30.2 6.4 55.9 (15-19) 77.3 12.4 145.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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
