(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 262,501 21,128 10,339 10,789 3,928
WHITE 184,414 12,980 6,435 6,545 2,351
NONWHITE 78,087 8,148 3,904 4,244 1,577
-------- 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 897 24 377 496 421 8 165 248 476 16 212 248
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 115 3 52 60 44 1 23 20 71 2 29 40
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 147 7 67 73 53 3 24 26 94 4 43 47
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 630 23 287 320 167 7 76 84 463 16 211 236
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 217 1 62 154 90 0 25 65 127 1 37 89
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 258 1 73 184 115 0 33 82 143 1 40 102
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 75 2 36 37 14 1 2 11 61 1 34 26
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.4 2.3 80.9 (15-19) 32.4 1.2 63.1 (15-19) 58.4 4.1 108.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 13 0 7 6 5 0 1 4 8 0 6 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.5 0.0 18.6 12.1 11.9 0.0 6.1 16.1 16.8 0.0 28.3 8.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 93 6 32 55 49 1 16 32 44 5 16 23
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 103.7 250.0 84.9 110.9 116.4 125.0 97.0 129.0 92.4 312.5 75.5 92.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,003 30 416 557 475 9 182 284 528 21 234 273
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 47.5 2.9 90.2 (15-19) 36.6 1.4 71.2 (15-19) 64.8 5.4 119.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 8 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 7 1 2 4
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 8.9 41.7 5.3 10.1 2.4 0.0 0.0 4.0 14.7 62.5 9.4 16.1
* 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
