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 68,174 5,278 2,720 2,558 1,187
WHITE 39,897 2,554 1,371 1,183 626
NONWHITE 28,277 2,724 1,349 1,375 561
-------- 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 163 5 73 85 21 0 7 14 142 5 66 71
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 14 0 7 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 22 1 4 17 2 0 0 2 20 1 4 15
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 150 5 71 74 14 0 5 9 136 5 66 65
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 40 0 11 29 4 0 0 4 36 0 11 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 44 0 14 30 6 0 2 4 38 0 12 26
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 18 1 10 7 3 0 1 2 15 1 9 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.9 1.8 61.8 (15-19) 8.2 0.0 17.8 (15-19) 52.1 3.7 99.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 6.1 0.0 0.0 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 14.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 46 6 17 23 16 1 8 7 30 5 9 16
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 282.2 1200 232.9 270.6 761.9 . 1143 500.0 211.3 1000 136.4 225.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 210 11 90 109 37 1 15 21 173 10 75 88
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.8 4.0 77.8 (15-19) 14.5 0.7 30.4 (15-19) 63.5 7.4 118.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 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
