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 41,866 3,273 1,628 1,645 595
WHITE 35,198 2,608 1,297 1,311 501
NONWHITE 6,668 665 331 334 94
-------- 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 119 0 44 75 94 0 33 61 25 0 11 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 18 0 7 11 11 0 3 8 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 73 0 33 40 51 0 22 29 22 0 11 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 24 0 3 21 17 0 1 16 7 0 2 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 34 0 7 27 26 0 4 22 8 0 3 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 7 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.4 0.0 72.3 (15-19) 36.0 0.0 71.7 (15-19) 37.6 0.0 74.8 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 8.4 0.0 0.0 13.3 10.6 0.0 0.0 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 33.6 . 22.7 40.0 21.3 . 0.0 32.8 80.0 . 90.9 71.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 124 0 45 79 97 0 33 64 27 0 12 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 37.9 0.0 75.4 (15-19) 37.2 0.0 74.0 (15-19) 40.6 0.0 80.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
