(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 11,882 952 485 467 157
WHITE 6,316 376 196 180 68
NONWHITE 5,566 576 289 287 89
-------- 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 37 1 21 15 9 0 4 5 28 1 17 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 9 1 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 29 1 18 10 2 0 1 1 27 1 17 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 1 0 0 1 8 0 3 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 11 0 3 8 1 0 0 1 10 0 3 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.9 2.1 77.1 (15-19) 23.9 0.0 50.0 (15-19) 48.6 3.5 94.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 27.0 0.0 0.0 66.7 111.1 0.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 16 1 4 11 6 0 2 4 10 1 2 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 432.4 1000 190.5 733.3 666.7 . 500.0 800.0 357.1 1000 117.6 700.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 54 2 25 27 16 0 6 10 38 2 19 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.7 4.1 111.3 (15-19) 42.6 0.0 88.9 (15-19) 66.0 6.9 125.4 (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
