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 21,630 1,654 785 869 345
WHITE 14,434 960 464 496 179
NONWHITE 7,196 694 321 373 166
-------- 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 59 1 20 38 19 0 7 12 40 1 13 26
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 3 6 1 0 1 0 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 3 7 2 0 0 2 8 0 3 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 49 1 17 31 10 0 5 5 39 1 12 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 13 0 1 12 3 0 0 3 10 0 1 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 1 14 4 0 0 4 11 0 1 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 35.7 1.3 66.7 (15-19) 19.8 0.0 38.3 (15-19) 57.6 3.1 104.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 50.8 0.0 50.0 52.6 157.9 0.0 142.8 166.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 1 2 7 5 0 0 5 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 169.5 1000 100.0 184.2 263.2 . 0.0 416.7 125.0 1000 153.8 76.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 72 2 23 47 27 0 8 19 45 2 15 28
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.5 2.5 80.6 (15-19) 28.1 0.0 54.4 (15-19) 64.8 6.2 115.3 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
* 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
