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 32,413 2,759 1,318 1,441 520
WHITE 15,813 1,048 531 517 204
NONWHITE 16,600 1,711 787 924 316
-------- 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 134 2 62 70 45 0 21 24 89 2 41 46
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 9 8 2 0 2 0 15 0 7 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 19 0 10 9 5 0 1 4 14 0 9 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 115 2 56 57 27 0 16 11 88 2 40 46
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 29 0 8 21 8 0 1 7 21 0 7 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 35 0 9 26 11 0 2 9 24 0 7 17
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 13 1 7 5 1 0 1 0 12 1 6 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 48.6 1.5 91.6 (15-19) 42.9 0.0 87.0 (15-19) 52.0 2.5 94.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 7.5 0.0 0.0 14.3 22.2 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 22 1 11 10 6 0 6 0 16 1 5 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 164.2 500.0 177.4 142.8 133.3 . 285.7 0.0 179.8 500.0 122.0 217.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 157 3 73 81 52 0 27 25 105 3 46 56
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.9 2.3 106.9 (15-19) 49.6 0.0 100.6 (15-19) 61.4 3.8 110.4 (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
