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 33,738 2,911 1,467 1,444 519
WHITE 17,547 1,175 582 593 198
NONWHITE 16,191 1,736 885 851 321
-------- 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 135 9 49 77 40 1 11 28 95 8 38 49
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 5 7 10 4 0 1 3 18 5 6 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 29 1 14 14 7 0 2 5 22 1 12 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 116 9 45 62 23 1 7 15 93 8 38 47
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 36 0 11 25 7 0 1 6 29 0 10 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 44 0 13 31 10 0 1 9 34 0 12 22
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 11 1 8 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.4 6.1 87.2 (15-19) 34.0 1.7 65.8 (15-19) 54.7 9.0 102.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 29.6 0.0 0.0 51.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.1 0.0 0.0 81.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 23 1 12 10 7 0 2 5 16 1 10 5
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 170.4 111.1 244.9 129.9 175.0 0.0 181.8 178.6 168.4 125.0 263.2 102.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 162 10 61 91 47 1 13 33 115 9 48 58
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.6 6.8 105.3 (15-19) 40.0 1.7 77.6 (15-19) 66.2 10.2 124.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 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
