TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
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 73,739 5,507 2,807 2,700 1,123
WHITE 57,121 3,911 2,010 1,901 779
NONWHITE 16,618 1,596 797 799 344
-------- 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 206 6 82 118 105 0 36 69 101 6 46 49
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 28 1 8 19 11 0 1 10 17 1 7 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 37 3 9 25 11 0 2 9 26 3 7 16
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 161 6 69 86 63 0 23 40 98 6 46 46
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 61 0 20 41 21 0 6 15 40 0 14 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 71 0 23 48 26 0 6 20 45 0 17 28
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 19 1 7 11 4 0 0 4 15 1 7 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.4 2.1 74.1 (15-19) 26.8 0.0 55.2 (15-19) 63.3 7.5 118.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.7 0.0 0.0 16.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.8 0.0 0.0 40.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 35 2 12 21 20 0 7 13 15 2 5 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 169.9 333.3 146.3 178.0 190.5 . 194.4 188.4 148.5 333.3 108.7 163.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 243 8 94 141 125 0 43 82 118 8 51 59
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.1 2.8 87.0 (15-19) 32.0 0.0 65.8 (15-19) 73.9 10.0 137.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 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
