(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 309,366 22,786 10,766 12,020 4,378
WHITE 243,417 16,332 7,745 8,587 3,055
NONWHITE 65,949 6,454 3,021 3,433 1,323
-------- 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 934 21 379 534 529 6 202 321 405 15 177 213
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 113 2 51 60 52 1 25 26 61 1 26 34
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 153 7 66 80 67 1 30 36 86 6 36 44
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 611 21 287 303 226 6 113 107 385 15 174 196
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 182 0 37 145 83 0 18 65 99 0 19 80
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 238 0 55 183 116 0 27 89 122 0 28 94
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 69 3 25 41 20 0 9 11 49 3 16 30
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.0 2.0 76.0 (15-19) 32.4 0.8 60.9 (15-19) 62.8 5.0 113.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 4.3 0.0 7.9 1.9 3.8 0.0 9.9 0.0 4.9 0.0 5.6 4.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 145 11 36 98 97 2 26 69 48 9 10 29
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 155.2 523.8 95.0 183.5 183.4 333.3 128.7 215.0 118.5 600.0 56.5 136.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,083 32 418 633 628 8 230 390 455 24 188 243
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.5 3.0 87.4 (15-19) 38.4 1.0 72.2 (15-19) 70.5 7.9 125.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 16 0 8 8 9 0 5 4 7 0 3 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 17.1 0.0 21.1 15.0 17.0 0.0 24.8 12.5 17.3 0.0 16.9 18.8
* 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
