(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 170,590 14,433 7,140 7,293 2,488
WHITE 91,175 6,339 3,155 3,184 1,043
NONWHITE 79,415 8,094 3,985 4,109 1,445
-------- 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 568 13 243 312 145 1 53 91 423 12 190 221
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 67 4 35 28 14 0 9 5 53 4 26 23
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 98 5 47 46 14 0 8 6 84 5 39 40
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 479 13 221 245 68 1 34 33 411 12 187 212
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 113 0 30 83 19 0 1 18 94 0 29 65
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 151 0 45 106 31 0 6 25 120 0 39 81
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 64 5 26 33 9 1 2 6 55 4 24 27
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.4 1.8 76.1 (15-19) 22.9 0.3 45.2 (15-19) 52.3 3.0 100.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 14 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 14 0 8 6
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 24.6 0.0 32.9 19.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.1 0.0 42.1 27.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 48 7 20 21 16 3 6 7 32 4 14 14
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 84.5 538.5 82.3 67.3 110.3 3000 113.2 76.9 75.6 333.3 73.7 63.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 630 20 271 339 161 4 59 98 469 16 212 241
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.6 2.8 83.6 (15-19) 25.4 1.3 49.3 (15-19) 57.9 4.0 110.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 6 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 2
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 10.6 76.9 12.3 6.4 6.9 0.0 18.9 0.0 11.8 83.3 10.5 9.1
* 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
