(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 62,251 4,761 2,367 2,394 839
WHITE 45,773 3,087 1,537 1,550 537
NONWHITE 16,478 1,674 830 844 302
-------- 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 192 9 75 108 99 1 37 61 93 8 38 47
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 29 1 14 14 15 0 8 7 14 1 6 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 33 3 15 15 16 1 8 7 17 2 7 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 127 9 58 60 37 1 20 16 90 8 38 44
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 51 0 13 38 22 0 4 18 29 0 9 20
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 63 0 19 44 32 0 10 22 31 0 9 22
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 15 1 5 9 5 0 1 4 10 1 4 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.3 3.8 76.4 (15-19) 32.1 0.6 63.2 (15-19) 55.6 9.6 100.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 26.0 0.0 26.7 27.8 10.1 0.0 0.0 16.4 43.0 0.0 52.6 42.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 26 1 12 13 14 0 8 6 12 1 4 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 135.4 111.1 160.0 120.4 141.4 0.0 216.2 98.4 129.0 125.0 105.3 148.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 223 10 89 124 114 1 45 68 109 9 44 56
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.8 4.2 89.0 (15-19) 36.9 0.6 72.9 (15-19) 65.1 10.8 118.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
* 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
