(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 10,554 850 421 429 138
WHITE 4,284 273 144 129 29
NONWHITE 6,270 577 277 300 109
-------- 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 31 2 10 19 2 0 1 1 29 2 9 18
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 28 2 9 17 2 0 1 1 26 2 8 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.5 4.8 67.6 (15-19) 7.3 0.0 15.5 (15-19) 50.3 7.2 90.0 (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# 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 96.8 0.0 0.0 157.9 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 103.4 0.0 0.0 166.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 34 2 10 22 2 0 1 1 32 2 9 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.0 4.8 74.6 (15-19) 7.3 0.0 15.5 (15-19) 55.4 7.2 100.0 (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
