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 23,561 1,576 723 853 336
WHITE 20,593 1,315 609 706 285
NONWHITE 2,968 261 114 147 51
-------- 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 69 2 25 42 54 0 20 34 15 2 5 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 1 7 6 0 1 5 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 2 15 19 21 0 10 11 15 2 5 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 3 9 8 0 2 6 4 0 1 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 3 12 11 0 2 9 4 0 1 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 43.8 2.8 78.5 (15-19) 41.1 0.0 76.5 (15-19) 57.5 17.5 88.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 5 2 5 0 3 2 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 101.4 0.0 200.0 47.6 92.6 . 150.0 58.8 133.3 0.0 400.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 76 2 30 44 59 0 23 36 17 2 7 8
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.2 2.8 86.8 (15-19) 44.9 0.0 83.6 (15-19) 65.1 17.5 102.0 (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
