(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 61,480 4,774 2,343 2,431 999
WHITE 37,591 2,487 1,242 1,245 498
NONWHITE 23,889 2,287 1,101 1,186 501
-------- 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 184 4 71 109 52 0 20 32 132 4 51 77
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 23 0 8 15 5 0 2 3 18 0 6 12
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 30 2 12 16 6 0 4 2 24 2 8 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 151 4 67 80 28 0 16 12 123 4 51 68
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 54 2 9 43 9 0 1 8 45 2 8 35
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 63 2 15 46 11 0 1 10 52 2 14 36
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 22 0 7 15 5 0 2 3 17 0 5 12
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.5 1.7 74.0 (15-19) 20.9 0.0 41.8 (15-19) 57.7 3.6 107.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 27.2 0.0 42.2 18.3 38.5 0.0 50.0 31.2 22.7 0.0 39.2 13.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 58 4 19 35 24 0 7 17 34 4 12 18
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 315.2 1000 267.6 321.1 461.5 . 350.0 531.2 257.6 1000 235.3 233.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 247 8 93 146 78 0 28 50 169 8 65 96
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.7 3.4 98.3 (15-19) 31.4 0.0 62.6 (15-19) 73.9 7.3 135.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 7 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 4 0 3 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
