(HSVSTEEND) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY DISTRICT 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 243,891 20,228 9,959 10,269 3,797
WHITE 148,301 10,340 5,124 5,216 1,961
NONWHITE 95,590 9,888 4,835 5,053 1,836
-------- 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 891 38 404 449 276 2 109 165 615 36 295 284
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 104 4 58 42 14 0 7 7 90 4 51 35
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 201 12 100 89 30 0 12 18 171 12 88 71
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 748 37 361 350 143 1 68 74 605 36 293 276
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 220 1 60 159 46 0 11 35 174 1 49 124
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 250 1 69 180 61 0 15 46 189 1 54 134
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 80 7 38 35 8 0 3 5 72 7 35 30
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.0 3.8 83.1 (15-19) 26.7 0.4 52.5 (15-19) 62.2 7.4 114.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 6 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.7 0.0 7.4 6.7 3.6 0.0 0.0 6.1 8.1 0.0 10.2 7.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 156 17 64 75 88 7 38 43 66 10 24 32
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 175.1 447.4 158.4 167.0 318.8 3500 348.6 260.6 107.3 277.8 81.4 112.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,053 55 471 527 365 9 147 209 686 46 322 318
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 52.0 5.5 97.2 (15-19) 35.3 1.8 68.2 (15-19) 69.4 9.5 126.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 7 1 4 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 9.0 26.3 12.4 4.5 3.6 0.0 9.2 0.0 11.4 27.8 13.6 7.0
* 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
INFANT MORTALITY RATE=INFANT DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
