(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 68,174 5,278 2,720 2,558 1,193
WHITE 39,897 2,554 1,371 1,183 630
NONWHITE 28,277 2,724 1,349 1,375 563
-------- 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 177 4 79 94 19 1 8 10 158 3 71 84
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 20 0 12 8 0 0 0 0 20 0 12 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 31 0 15 16 2 0 0 2 29 0 15 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 164 4 78 82 11 1 7 3 153 3 71 79
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 51 0 15 36 3 0 0 3 48 0 15 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 57 0 18 39 5 0 1 4 52 0 17 35
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 16 0 9 7 1 0 1 0 15 0 8 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.5 1.5 67.6 (15-19) 7.4 0.7 15.2 (15-19) 58.0 2.2 112.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 22.6 0.0 12.6 31.9 52.6 0.0 0.0 100.0 19.0 0.0 14.1 23.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 40 2 20 18 18 1 9 8 22 1 11 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 226.0 500.0 253.2 191.5 947.4 1000 1125 800.0 139.2 333.3 154.9 119.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 221 6 100 115 38 2 17 19 183 4 83 96
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.9 2.2 84.0 (15-19) 14.9 1.4 30.4 (15-19) 67.2 3.0 130.2 (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
