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 24,938 2,083 1,034 1,049 370
WHITE 17,023 1,254 639 615 213
NONWHITE 7,915 829 395 434 157
-------- 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 89 3 38 48 37 1 17 19 52 2 21 29
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 2 0 5 4 1 0 3 3 1 0 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 59 2 26 31 11 0 5 6 48 2 21 25
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 23 0 3 20 9 0 0 9 14 0 3 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 4 21 11 0 1 10 14 0 3 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.7 2.9 82.0 (15-19) 29.5 1.6 58.5 (15-19) 62.7 5.1 115.2 (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# 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 44.9 0.0 78.9 20.8 27.0 0.0 58.8 0.0 57.7 0.0 95.2 34.5
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 93 3 41 49 38 1 18 19 55 2 23 30
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.6 2.9 85.8 (15-19) 30.3 1.6 60.2 (15-19) 66.3 5.1 122.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
