(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 570,535 45,838 22,282 23,556 9,156
WHITE 314,256 20,880 10,395 10,485 3,942
NONWHITE 256,279 24,958 11,887 13,071 5,214
-------- 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 1,837 74 757 1,006 434 9 146 279 1,403 65 611 727
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 233 11 107 115 45 2 14 29 188 9 93 86
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 304 11 135 158 45 1 12 32 259 10 123 126
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 1,595 72 709 814 233 7 100 126 1,362 65 609 688
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 453 6 123 324 85 0 12 73 368 6 111 251
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 542 7 146 389 115 0 19 96 427 7 127 293
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 158 14 64 80 21 2 7 12 137 12 57 68
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.1 3.3 74.8 (15-19) 20.8 0.9 40.5 (15-19) 56.2 5.5 102.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 36 2 15 19 3 0 1 2 33 2 14 17
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 19.6 27.0 19.8 18.9 6.9 0.0 6.8 7.2 23.5 30.8 22.9 23.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 427 24 147 256 154 5 59 90 273 19 88 166
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 232.4 324.3 194.2 254.5 354.8 555.6 404.1 322.6 194.6 292.3 144.0 228.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 2,300 100 919 1,281 591 14 206 371 1,709 86 713 910
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.2 4.5 93.4 (15-19) 28.3 1.3 55.0 (15-19) 68.5 7.2 124.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 20 0 12 8 5 0 3 2 15 0 9 6
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.9 0.0 15.9 8.0 11.5 0.0 20.5 7.2 10.7 0.0 14.7 8.3
* 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
