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 9,470 843 387 456 185
WHITE 3,265 180 81 99 32
NONWHITE 6,205 663 306 357 153
-------- 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 56 1 23 32 3 0 0 3 53 1 23 29
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 52 1 23 28 2 0 0 2 50 1 23 26
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 10 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 11 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 8
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 66.4 2.6 120.6 (15-19) 16.7 0.0 30.3 (15-19) 79.9 3.3 145.6 (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# 6 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 107.1 0.0 130.4 93.8 333.3 . . 0.0 94.3 0.0 87.0 103.4
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 62 1 26 35 4 0 1 3 58 1 25 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 73.5 2.6 133.8 (15-19) 22.2 0.0 40.4 (15-19) 87.5 3.3 159.7 (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
