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 31,911 2,555 1,246 1,309 434
WHITE 22,041 1,575 786 789 277
NONWHITE 9,870 980 460 520 157
-------- 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 85 4 29 52 43 0 10 33 42 4 19 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 7 1 4 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 4 23 25 11 0 5 6 41 4 18 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 14 0 4 10 3 0 0 3 11 0 4 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 6 14 7 0 2 5 13 0 4 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 33.3 3.2 61.9 (15-19) 27.3 0.0 54.5 (15-19) 42.8 8.7 73.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 15 2 1 12 5 1 1 3 10 1 0 9
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 176.5 500.0 34.5 230.8 116.3 . 100.0 90.9 238.1 250.0 0.0 473.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 100 6 30 64 48 1 11 36 52 5 19 28
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.1 4.8 71.8 (15-19) 30.5 1.3 59.6 (15-19) 53.1 10.9 90.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
