(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 31,458 2,562 1,331 1,231 447
WHITE 27,373 2,153 1,120 1,033 384
NONWHITE 4,085 409 211 198 63
-------- 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 58 2 21 35 45 2 16 27 13 0 5 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 1 6 5 1 1 3 3 0 0 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 2 3 8 9 2 2 5 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 26 2 8 16 14 2 3 9 12 0 5 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 7 13 15 0 5 10 5 0 2 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 8 16 18 0 6 12 6 0 2 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 22.6 1.5 45.5 (15-19) 20.9 1.8 41.6 (15-19) 31.8 0.0 65.6 (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# 9 2 1 6 8 1 1 6 1 1 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 155.2 1000 47.6 171.4 177.8 500.0 62.5 222.2 76.9 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 67 4 22 41 53 3 17 33 14 1 5 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 26.2 3.0 51.2 (15-19) 24.6 2.7 48.4 (15-19) 34.2 4.7 65.6 (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
