(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 133,134 10,630 5,147 5,483 1,764
WHITE 103,144 7,506 3,690 3,816 1,232
NONWHITE 29,990 3,124 1,457 1,667 532
-------- 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 359 9 152 198 185 4 69 112 174 5 83 86
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 35 0 19 16 14 0 7 7 21 0 12 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 50 0 28 22 18 0 10 8 32 0 18 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 273 9 130 134 109 4 50 55 164 5 80 79
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 81 0 25 56 30 0 7 23 51 0 18 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 97 0 29 68 41 0 10 31 56 0 19 37
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 51 3 26 22 12 1 5 6 39 2 21 16
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.8 1.7 63.8 (15-19) 24.6 1.1 47.4 (15-19) 55.7 3.4 101.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 8.4 0.0 13.2 5.0 5.4 0.0 14.5 0.0 11.5 0.0 12.0 11.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 50 3 24 23 28 2 16 10 22 1 8 13
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 139.3 333.3 157.9 116.2 151.4 500.0 231.9 89.3 126.4 200.0 96.4 151.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 412 12 178 222 214 6 86 122 198 6 92 100
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.8 2.3 73.0 (15-19) 28.5 1.6 54.5 (15-19) 63.4 4.1 115.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
* 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
