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 12,134 1,142 559 583 214
WHITE 3,240 213 107 106 51
NONWHITE 8,894 929 452 477 163
-------- 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 43 2 18 23 0 0 0 0 43 2 18 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 42 2 18 22 0 0 0 0 42 2 18 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.6 3.6 70.3 (15-19) 0.0 0.0 0.0 (15-19) 46.3 4.4 86.0 (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# 7 0 2 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 162.8 0.0 111.1 217.4 0.0 . . 0.0 139.5 0.0 111.1 173.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 50 2 20 28 1 0 0 1 49 2 20 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 43.8 3.6 82.3 (15-19) 4.7 0.0 9.4 (15-19) 52.7 4.4 98.5 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
* 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
