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 36,514 2,792 1,407 1,385 493
WHITE 24,937 1,717 890 827 315
NONWHITE 11,577 1,075 517 558 178
-------- 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 95 3 36 56 46 1 15 30 49 2 21 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 67 3 29 35 21 1 9 11 46 2 20 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 3 15 7 0 1 6 11 0 2 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 22 0 5 17 8 0 2 6 14 0 3 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.0 2.1 66.4 (15-19) 26.8 1.1 54.4 (15-19) 45.6 3.9 84.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 21.0 0.0 27.8 17.8 21.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 20.4 0.0 47.6 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 18 2 10 6 9 0 5 4 9 2 5 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 189.5 666.7 277.8 107.1 195.6 0.0 333.3 133.3 183.7 1000 238.1 76.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 115 5 47 63 56 1 20 35 59 4 27 28
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.2 3.6 79.4 (15-19) 32.6 1.1 66.5 (15-19) 54.9 7.7 98.6 (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
