(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 73,739 5,507 2,807 2,700 1,174
WHITE 57,121 3,911 2,010 1,901 759
NONWHITE 16,618 1,596 797 799 415
-------- 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 244 3 111 130 115 0 46 69 129 3 65 61
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 31 0 11 20 9 0 4 5 22 0 7 15
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 32 2 14 16 8 0 5 3 24 2 9 13
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 181 3 93 85 62 0 30 32 119 3 63 53
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 63 0 17 46 26 0 8 18 37 0 9 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 74 0 22 52 32 0 11 21 42 0 11 31
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 21 0 9 12 5 0 2 3 16 0 7 9
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.3 1.1 89.2 (15-19) 29.4 0.0 60.5 (15-19) 80.8 3.8 157.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.1 0.0 9.0 0.0 8.7 0.0 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 31 4 10 17 21 2 8 11 10 2 2 6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 127.0 1333 90.1 130.8 182.6 . 173.9 159.4 77.5 666.7 30.8 98.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 276 7 122 147 137 2 55 80 139 5 67 67
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.1 2.5 99.6 (15-19) 35.0 1.0 71.0 (15-19) 87.1 6.3 167.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 3 2 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 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
