(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 227,735 17,734 8,747 8,987 3,511
WHITE 141,369 9,243 4,562 4,681 1,738
NONWHITE 86,366 8,491 4,185 4,306 1,773
-------- 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 709 30 273 406 241 7 77 157 468 23 196 249
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 86 5 26 55 16 1 7 8 70 4 19 47
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 100 8 38 54 27 1 11 15 73 7 27 39
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 551 29 229 293 103 7 39 57 448 22 190 236
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 157 0 41 116 39 0 10 29 118 0 31 87
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 191 0 49 142 56 0 13 43 135 0 36 99
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 93 5 39 49 11 2 5 4 82 3 34 45
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 40.0 3.4 75.6 (15-19) 26.1 1.5 50.0 (15-19) 55.1 5.5 103.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 11 0 4 7 2 0 1 1 9 0 3 6
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 15.5 0.0 14.6 17.2 8.3 0.0 13.0 6.4 19.2 0.0 15.3 24.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 129 5 63 61 53 1 30 22 74 4 32 38
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 181.9 166.7 230.8 150.2 219.9 142.8 389.6 140.1 158.1 173.9 163.3 152.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 849 35 340 474 296 8 108 180 551 27 231 293
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.9 4.0 90.6 (15-19) 32.0 1.8 61.5 (15-19) 64.9 6.4 121.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 7.1 0.0 14.7 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.7 0.0 20.4 4.0
* 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
