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 6,875 701 319 382 121
WHITE 1,967 154 75 79 33
NONWHITE 4,908 547 244 303 88
-------- 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 31 0 14 17 2 0 0 2 29 0 14 15
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 0 14 16 1 0 0 1 29 0 14 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 17 0 6 11 1 0 0 1 16 0 6 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 18 0 7 11 1 0 0 1 17 0 7 10
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 6 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.2 0.0 81.2 (15-19) 13.0 0.0 25.3 (15-19) 53.0 0.0 95.7 (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 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 225.8 . 214.3 235.3 0.0 . . 0.0 241.4 . 214.3 266.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 38 0 17 21 2 0 0 2 36 0 17 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.2 0.0 99.5 (15-19) 13.0 0.0 25.3 (15-19) 65.8 0.0 118.8 (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
