(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 24,938 2,083 1,034 1,049 386
WHITE 17,023 1,254 639 615 215
NONWHITE 7,915 829 395 434 171
-------- 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 109 0 48 61 57 0 23 34 52 0 25 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 8 6 8 0 4 4 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 12 0 7 5 6 0 4 2 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 75 0 32 43 23 0 7 16 52 0 25 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 27 0 11 16 15 0 8 7 12 0 3 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 31 0 12 19 19 0 9 10 12 0 3 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 52.3 0.0 103.9 (15-19) 45.4 0.0 92.7 (15-19) 62.7 0.0 119.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 36.7 . 62.5 0.0 17.5 . 43.5 0.0 57.7 . 80.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 113 1 51 61 58 0 24 34 55 1 27 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.2 1.0 106.8 (15-19) 46.2 0.0 94.3 (15-19) 66.3 2.5 124.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
