(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 11,453 1,151 614 537 189
WHITE 3,475 221 122 99 43
NONWHITE 7,978 930 492 438 146
-------- 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 43 4 20 19 4 0 1 3 39 4 19 16
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 40 4 19 17 1 0 0 1 39 4 19 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 3 9 1 0 0 1 11 0 3 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 5 10 1 0 0 1 14 0 5 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.4 6.5 72.6 (15-19) 18.1 0.0 40.4 (15-19) 41.9 8.1 79.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.2 0.0 0.0 52.6 250.0 0.0 0.0 333.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 44 4 20 20 5 0 1 4 39 4 19 16
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.2 6.5 74.5 (15-19) 22.6 0.0 50.5 (15-19) 41.9 8.1 79.9 (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
