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 11,882 952 485 467 198
WHITE 6,316 376 196 180 83
NONWHITE 5,566 576 289 287 115
-------- 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 57 3 28 26 11 0 4 7 46 3 24 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 11 1 5 5 2 0 2 0 9 1 3 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 2 10 5 3 0 1 2 14 2 9 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 48 3 27 18 4 0 3 1 44 3 24 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 6 9 5 0 1 4 10 0 5 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 19 0 6 13 6 0 1 5 13 0 5 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 59.9 6.2 115.6 (15-19) 29.2 0.0 61.1 (15-19) 79.9 10.4 149.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 17.5 0.0 35.7 0.0 90.9 0.0 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 2 4 3 2 0 1 1 7 2 3 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 157.9 666.7 142.8 115.4 181.8 . 250.0 142.8 152.2 666.7 125.0 105.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 67 5 33 29 14 0 6 8 53 5 27 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 70.4 10.3 132.8 (15-19) 37.2 0.0 77.8 (15-19) 92.0 17.3 167.2 (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
