(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 19,797 1,266 630 636 273
WHITE 18,415 1,145 576 569 243
NONWHITE 1,382 121 54 67 30
-------- 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 58 1 16 41 48 0 14 34 10 1 2 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 23 1 10 12 15 0 8 7 8 1 2 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 1 14 11 0 1 10 4 0 0 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 18 0 2 16 14 0 2 12 4 0 0 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.8 1.6 89.6 (15-19) 41.9 0.0 84.4 (15-19) 82.6 18.5 134.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 1 2 4 6 0 2 4 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 120.7 1000 125.0 97.6 125.0 . 142.8 117.6 100.0 1000 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 65 2 18 45 54 0 16 38 11 2 2 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.3 3.2 99.0 (15-19) 47.2 0.0 94.9 (15-19) 90.9 37.0 134.3 (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
