(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 12,143 1,023 504 519 193
WHITE 7,936 587 302 285 100
NONWHITE 4,207 436 202 234 93
-------- 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 43 0 19 24 15 0 5 10 28 0 14 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 2 0 1 1 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 32 0 16 16 4 0 2 2 28 0 14 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 1 0 0 1 8 0 4 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 12 0 4 8 1 0 0 1 11 0 4 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.0 0.0 82.8 (15-19) 25.6 0.0 52.6 (15-19) 64.2 0.0 119.6 (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# 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 23.2 . 0.0 41.7 66.7 . 0.0 100.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 44 0 19 25 16 0 5 11 28 0 14 14
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.0 0.0 84.8 (15-19) 27.2 0.0 56.1 (15-19) 64.2 0.0 119.6 (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
