(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 34,388 2,686 976 1,710 407
WHITE 24,927 1,805 567 1,238 236
NONWHITE 9,461 881 409 472 171
-------- 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 67 2 30 35 23 0 9 14 44 2 21 21
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 7 5 4 0 3 1 8 0 4 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 1 10 5 4 0 4 0 12 1 6 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 55 2 27 26 11 0 6 5 44 2 21 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 2 10 1 0 1 0 11 0 1 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 24.9 2.0 38.0 (15-19) 12.7 0.0 18.6 (15-19) 49.9 4.9 89.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.9 0.0 33.3 0.0 43.5 0.0 111.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 42 0 6 36 32 0 5 27 10 0 1 9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 626.9 0.0 200.0 1029 1391 . 555.6 1929 227.3 0.0 47.6 428.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 110 2 37 71 56 0 15 41 54 2 22 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.0 2.0 63.2 (15-19) 31.0 0.0 45.2 (15-19) 61.3 4.9 110.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 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
