(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 17,235 1,492 708 784 274
WHITE 8,167 515 265 250 92
NONWHITE 9,068 977 443 534 182
-------- 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 59 1 24 34 10 0 2 8 49 1 22 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 53 1 22 30 4 0 0 4 49 1 22 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 1 0 1 0 9 0 3 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 4 6 1 0 1 0 9 0 3 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.5 1.4 74.0 (15-19) 19.4 0.0 40.0 (15-19) 50.2 2.2 89.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 50.8 0.0 0.0 88.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 61.2 0.0 0.0 115.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 5 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 84.7 0.0 166.7 29.4 200.0 . 1000 0.0 61.2 0.0 90.9 38.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 67 1 28 38 12 0 4 8 55 1 24 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.9 1.4 84.2 (15-19) 23.3 0.0 48.0 (15-19) 56.3 2.2 101.1 (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
