(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 36,514 2,792 1,407 1,385 563
WHITE 24,937 1,717 890 827 340
NONWHITE 11,577 1,075 517 558 223
-------- 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 128 6 55 67 68 1 27 40 60 5 28 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 2 12 5 6 0 5 1 13 2 7 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 27 2 16 9 8 0 5 3 19 2 11 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 88 5 44 39 30 0 16 14 58 5 28 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 30 1 7 22 14 0 2 12 16 1 5 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 36 1 7 28 18 0 2 16 18 1 5 12
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 4 1 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.8 4.3 88.1 (15-19) 39.6 1.1 81.0 (15-19) 55.8 9.7 98.6 (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# 21 2 9 10 8 1 2 5 13 1 7 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 164.1 333.3 163.6 149.2 117.6 1000 74.1 125.0 216.7 200.0 250.0 185.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 149 8 64 77 76 2 29 45 73 6 35 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 53.4 5.7 101.8 (15-19) 44.3 2.2 89.5 (15-19) 67.9 11.6 120.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
