(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 31,911 2,555 1,246 1,309 437
WHITE 22,041 1,575 786 789 274
NONWHITE 9,870 980 460 520 163
-------- 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 84 2 33 49 37 0 13 24 47 2 20 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 4 3 5 0 2 3 3 1 2 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 2 6 3 2 0 2 0 9 2 4 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 2 29 32 19 0 10 9 44 2 19 23
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 6 9 6 0 1 5 9 0 5 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 8 12 9 0 3 6 11 0 5 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 10 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 8 1 3 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.9 1.6 62.6 (15-19) 23.5 0.0 46.9 (15-19) 48.0 4.3 86.5 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 47.6 0.0 90.9 20.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 85.1 0.0 150.0 40.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 5 3 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 95.2 0.0 151.5 61.2 135.1 . 230.8 83.3 63.8 0.0 100.0 40.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 96 2 41 53 42 0 16 26 54 2 25 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.6 1.6 71.8 (15-19) 26.7 0.0 53.2 (15-19) 55.1 4.3 100.0 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
