(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 412,246 31,511 15,672 15,839 6,237
WHITE 326,850 23,012 11,535 11,477 4,610
NONWHITE 85,396 8,499 4,137 4,362 1,627
-------- 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 1,300 32 510 758 815 11 295 509 485 21 215 249
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 117 0 50 67 54 0 25 29 63 0 25 38
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 192 4 83 105 78 1 34 43 114 3 49 62
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 930 32 416 482 467 11 206 250 463 21 210 232
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 292 0 69 223 157 0 24 133 135 0 45 90
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 360 0 96 264 201 0 40 161 159 0 56 103
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 204 10 91 103 77 3 28 46 127 7 63 57
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.2 2.0 80.0 (15-19) 35.4 1.0 70.0 (15-19) 57.1 5.1 106.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 13 0 6 7 8 0 2 6 5 0 4 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 10.0 0.0 11.8 9.2 9.8 0.0 6.8 11.8 10.3 0.0 18.6 4.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 116 6 49 61 74 3 33 38 42 3 16 23
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 89.2 187.5 96.1 80.5 90.8 272.7 111.9 74.6 86.6 142.8 74.4 92.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 1,429 38 565 826 897 14 330 553 532 24 235 273
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.3 2.4 87.8 (15-19) 39.0 1.2 76.9 (15-19) 62.6 5.8 116.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 15 0 5 10 9 0 2 7 6 0 3 3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEEN MOMS 11.5 0.0 9.8 13.2 11.0 0.0 6.8 13.8 12.4 0.0 14.0 12.0
* 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
