(HSVSTEEN1) TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA, BY RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS, 1995
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
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 2,693,053 216,145 105,390 110,755 41,332
WHITE 1,692,681 115,520 56,438 59,082 21,571
NONWHITE 1,000,372 100,625 48,952 51,673 19,761
-------- 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 9,185 337 3,815 5,033 3,294 49 1,203 2,042 5,891 288 2,612 2,991
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1,079 47 488 544 272 6 125 141 807 41 363 403
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 1,609 89 721 799 361 8 157 196 1,248 81 564 603
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 7,319 326 3,316 3,677 1,602 40 729 833 5,717 286 2,587 2,844
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2,164 13 565 1,586 596 0 113 483 1,568 13 452 1,103
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 2,638 15 717 1,906 796 0 169 627 1,842 15 548 1,279
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1,007 61 427 519 189 9 67 113 818 52 360 406
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.5 3.2 79.9 (15-19) 28.5 0.9 54.9 (15-19) 58.5 5.9 108.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 126 2 56 68 27 0 9 18 99 2 47 50
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 13.7 5.9 14.7 13.5 8.2 0.0 7.5 8.8 16.8 6.9 18.0 16.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 1,467 111 538 818 663 29 244 390 799 82 291 426
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 159.7 329.4 141.0 162.5 201.3 591.8 202.8 191.0 135.6 284.7 111.4 142.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 10,778 450 4,409 5,919 3,984 78 1,456 2,450 6,789 372 2,950 3,467
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 49.9 4.3 93.2 (15-19) 34.5 1.4 66.1 (15-19) 67.5 7.6 124.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 101 4 46 51 30 0 15 15 71 4 31 36
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, TEENAGE MOMS 11.0 11.9 12.1 10.1 9.1 0.0 12.5 7.3 12.1 13.9 11.9 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