(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 76,475 5,694 2,861 2,833 1,145
WHITE 48,338 3,031 1,484 1,547 567
NONWHITE 28,137 2,663 1,377 1,286 578
-------- 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 204 8 83 113 62 1 17 44 142 7 66 69
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 21 2 8 11 2 0 1 1 19 2 7 10
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 26 4 14 8 5 0 4 1 21 4 10 7
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 169 8 77 84 29 1 11 17 140 7 66 67
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 53 0 13 40 10 0 2 8 43 0 11 32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 61 0 16 45 14 0 3 11 47 0 13 34
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 43 2 20 21 3 0 1 2 40 2 19 19
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.8 2.8 69.2 (15-19) 20.4 0.7 39.4 (15-19) 53.3 5.1 105.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.7 0.0 36.1 0.0 16.1 0.0 58.8 0.0 14.1 0.0 30.3 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 59 1 32 26 23 1 13 9 35 0 19 16
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 289.2 125.0 385.5 230.1 371.0 1000 764.7 204.5 246.5 0.0 287.9 231.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 266 9 118 139 86 2 31 53 179 7 87 85
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.7 3.1 90.7 (15-19) 28.4 1.3 54.3 (15-19) 67.2 5.1 133.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 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
