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 38,994 3,468 1,204 2,264 569
WHITE 24,015 1,911 490 1,421 252
NONWHITE 14,979 1,557 714 843 317
-------- 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 106 2 31 73 22 0 3 19 84 2 28 54
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 4 10 1 0 0 1 13 0 4 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 24 0 8 16 5 0 1 4 19 0 7 12
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 87 2 29 56 5 0 1 4 82 2 28 52
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 25 0 4 21 5 0 1 4 20 0 3 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 0 4 23 5 0 1 4 22 0 3 19
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 17 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 17 0 4 13
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.6 1.7 45.9 (15-19) 11.5 0.0 15.5 (15-19) 54.0 2.8 97.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 9.4 0.0 0.0 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.9 0.0 0.0 18.5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 31 2 6 23 16 0 1 15 15 2 5 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 292.4 1000 193.5 315.1 727.3 . 333.3 789.5 178.6 1000 178.6 148.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 138 4 37 97 38 0 4 34 100 4 33 63
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.8 3.3 59.2 (15-19) 19.9 0.0 26.7 (15-19) 64.2 5.6 113.9 (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
