(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 242,066 19,539 9,122 10,417 3,609
WHITE 145,308 9,955 4,449 5,506 1,801
NONWHITE 96,758 9,584 4,673 4,911 1,808
-------- 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 778 32 317 429 268 3 107 158 510 29 210 271
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 90 3 46 41 20 0 13 7 70 3 33 34
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 147 9 69 69 30 0 22 8 117 9 47 61
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 610 29 273 308 115 0 63 52 495 29 210 256
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 188 4 44 140 44 0 7 37 144 4 37 103
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 232 4 59 169 59 0 9 50 173 4 50 119
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 89 5 33 51 16 0 8 8 73 5 25 43
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.8 3.5 71.6 (15-19) 26.9 0.7 48.1 (15-19) 53.2 6.2 97.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 12 0 6 6 3 0 1 2 9 0 5 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.4 0.0 18.9 14.0 11.2 0.0 9.3 12.6 17.6 0.0 23.8 14.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 162 14 52 96 72 4 14 54 89 10 38 41
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 208.2 437.5 164.0 223.8 268.6 1333 130.8 341.8 174.5 344.8 181.0 151.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 952 46 375 531 343 7 122 214 608 39 253 316
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.7 5.0 87.0 (15-19) 34.4 1.6 61.0 (15-19) 63.4 8.3 115.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 13 0 7 6 4 0 3 1 9 0 4 5
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 16.7 0.0 22.1 14.0 14.9 0.0 28.0 6.3 17.6 0.0 19.0 18.5
* 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
