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 25,020 1,817 904 913 341
WHITE 20,971 1,416 735 681 288
NONWHITE 4,049 401 169 232 53
-------- 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 54 0 21 33 39 0 15 24 15 0 6 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 5 4 9 0 5 4 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 0 14 13 13 0 9 4 14 0 5 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 12 0 2 10 3 0 0 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 0 2 14 13 0 2 11 3 0 0 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 29.7 0.0 59.1 (15-19) 27.5 0.0 57.3 (15-19) 37.4 0.0 64.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.5 0.0 0.0 30.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 111.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 12 2 3 7 7 1 3 3 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 222.2 . 142.8 212.1 179.5 . 200.0 125.0 333.3 . 0.0 444.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 67 2 24 41 46 1 18 27 21 1 6 14
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.9 2.2 71.2 (15-19) 32.5 1.4 66.1 (15-19) 52.4 5.9 86.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
