(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 18,578 1,441 726 715 296
WHITE 10,907 695 361 334 145
NONWHITE 7,671 746 365 381 151
-------- 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 61 3 18 40 20 0 10 10 41 3 8 30
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 5 1 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 43 3 11 29 6 0 4 2 37 3 7 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 6 8 6 0 3 3 8 0 3 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 17 0 6 11 7 0 3 4 10 0 3 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.3 4.1 81.1 (15-19) 28.8 0.0 59.9 (15-19) 55.0 8.2 99.7 (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# 8 0 5 3 3 0 3 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 131.1 0.0 277.8 75.0 150.0 . 300.0 0.0 122.0 0.0 250.0 100.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 69 3 23 43 23 0 13 10 46 3 10 33
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.9 4.1 92.3 (15-19) 33.1 0.0 68.9 (15-19) 61.7 8.2 112.9 (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
