(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 26,934 2,156 1,030 1,126 440
WHITE 18,182 1,270 603 667 231
NONWHITE 8,752 886 427 459 209
-------- 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 97 5 38 54 38 1 11 26 59 4 27 28
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 5 10 5 0 2 3 10 0 3 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 20 1 6 13 5 0 1 4 15 1 5 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 70 4 30 36 16 1 6 9 54 3 24 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 5 11 5 0 0 5 11 0 5 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 6 18 10 0 0 10 14 0 6 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 1 2 5 4 1 1 2 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 45.0 4.8 81.7 (15-19) 29.9 1.6 55.5 (15-19) 66.6 9.4 119.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 20.6 0.0 26.3 18.5 26.3 0.0 0.0 38.5 16.9 0.0 37.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 11 1 6 4 4 0 3 1 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 113.4 200.0 157.9 74.1 105.3 0.0 272.7 38.5 118.6 250.0 111.1 107.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 110 6 45 59 43 1 14 28 67 5 31 31
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 51.0 5.8 92.4 (15-19) 33.8 1.6 63.0 (15-19) 75.6 11.7 135.1 (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
