(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 256,349 23,461 11,566 11,895 4,228
WHITE 98,210 6,653 3,146 3,507 1,070
NONWHITE 158,139 16,808 8,420 8,388 3,158
-------- 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 1,271 73 555 643 165 2 49 114 1,106 71 506 529
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 154 15 63 76 13 1 2 10 141 14 61 66
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 267 26 116 125 17 1 4 12 250 25 112 113
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,165 70 533 562 80 0 30 50 1,085 70 503 512
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 342 1 99 242 33 0 5 28 309 1 94 214
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 416 2 125 289 42 0 7 35 374 2 118 254
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 175 10 75 90 13 0 3 10 162 10 72 80
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 54.2 6.3 100.7 (15-19) 24.8 0.6 46.5 (15-19) 65.8 8.4 123.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 17 0 4 13 3 0 1 2 14 0 3 11
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.4 0.0 7.2 20.2 18.2 0.0 20.4 17.5 12.6 0.0 5.9 20.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 191 21 75 95 60 3 22 35 131 18 53 60
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 150.3 287.7 135.1 147.7 363.6 1500 449.0 307.0 118.4 253.5 104.7 113.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,479 94 634 751 228 5 72 151 1,251 89 562 600
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 63.0 8.1 116.4 (15-19) 34.3 1.6 63.6 (15-19) 74.4 10.6 138.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 10 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 9
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.9 13.7 0.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 14.1 0.0 17.0
* 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
