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 37,321 3,170 1,537 1,633 523
WHITE 19,565 1,303 624 679 216
NONWHITE 17,756 1,867 913 954 307
-------- 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 120 3 54 63 30 1 13 16 90 2 41 47
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 14 0 10 4 1 0 0 1 13 0 10 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 16 1 10 5 2 0 0 2 14 1 10 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 93 3 46 44 13 1 8 4 80 2 38 40
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 26 0 6 20 3 0 0 3 23 0 6 17
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 34 0 11 23 4 0 1 3 30 0 10 20
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 16 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 15 0 7 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.8 2.0 71.6 (15-19) 23.0 1.6 42.7 (15-19) 48.2 2.2 92.2 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 33.3 0.0 37.0 31.7 33.3 0.0 0.0 62.5 33.3 0.0 48.8 21.3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 10 1 4 5 4 0 1 3 6 1 3 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 83.3 333.3 74.1 79.4 133.3 0.0 76.9 187.5 66.7 500.0 73.2 42.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 134 4 60 70 35 1 14 20 99 3 46 50
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.3 2.6 79.6 (15-19) 26.9 1.6 50.1 (15-19) 53.0 3.3 100.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
