(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 13,527 1,203 583 620 227
WHITE 5,667 372 203 169 64
NONWHITE 7,860 831 380 451 163
-------- 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 60 1 31 28 15 1 8 6 45 0 23 22
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 7 3 3 0 3 0 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 0 26 25 7 0 4 3 44 0 22 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 5 6 3 0 1 2 8 0 4 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 14 0 6 8 4 0 1 3 10 0 5 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 49.9 1.7 95.2 (15-19) 40.3 4.9 82.8 (15-19) 54.2 0.0 99.8 (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# 8 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 133.3 1000 96.8 142.8 66.7 0.0 0.0 166.7 155.6 . 130.4 136.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 68 2 34 32 16 1 8 7 52 1 26 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.5 3.4 106.4 (15-19) 43.0 4.9 88.8 (15-19) 62.6 2.6 113.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
