(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 32,413 2,759 1,318 1,441 551
WHITE 15,813 1,048 531 517 245
NONWHITE 16,600 1,711 787 924 306
-------- 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 142 4 47 91 51 0 17 34 91 4 30 57
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 1 4 12 3 0 0 3 14 1 4 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 2 9 16 7 0 2 5 20 2 7 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 115 4 39 72 25 0 9 16 90 4 30 56
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 29 0 4 25 5 0 1 4 24 0 3 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 40 0 8 32 11 0 3 8 29 0 5 24
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 1 3 9 1 0 0 1 12 1 3 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 51.5 3.0 95.8 (15-19) 48.7 0.0 98.6 (15-19) 53.2 5.1 94.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.1 0.0 21.3 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.0 0.0 33.3 17.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 3 4 9 2 0 1 1 14 3 3 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 112.7 750.0 85.1 98.9 39.2 . 58.8 29.4 153.8 750.0 100.0 140.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 160 7 52 101 53 0 18 35 107 7 34 66
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 58.0 5.3 106.2 (15-19) 50.6 0.0 102.5 (15-19) 62.5 8.9 108.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 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
