(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 36,970 3,572 1,698 1,874 694
WHITE 13,470 905 454 451 159
NONWHITE 23,500 2,667 1,244 1,423 535
-------- 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 221 11 104 106 28 0 11 17 193 11 93 89
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 36 0 15 21 1 0 0 1 35 0 15 20
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 50 5 21 24 2 0 1 1 48 5 20 23
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 203 10 99 94 12 0 6 6 191 10 93 88
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 60 1 20 39 8 0 2 6 52 1 18 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 75 1 25 49 10 0 2 8 65 1 23 41
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 75 4 29 42 4 0 0 4 71 4 29 38
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 61.9 6.5 112.1 (15-19) 30.9 0.0 62.1 (15-19) 72.4 8.8 127.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.1 0.0 0.0 37.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.7 0.0 0.0 44.9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 40 1 16 23 12 0 6 6 28 1 10 17
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 181.0 90.9 153.8 217.0 428.6 . 545.4 352.9 145.1 90.9 107.5 191.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 265 12 120 133 40 0 17 23 225 12 103 110
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 74.2 7.1 135.0 (15-19) 44.2 0.0 88.7 (15-19) 84.4 9.6 149.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
* 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
