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 12,318 970 436 534 159
WHITE 9,479 681 298 383 122
NONWHITE 2,839 289 138 151 37
-------- 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 15 16 23 0 9 14 8 0 6 2
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 7 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 21 0 11 10 13 0 5 8 8 0 6 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 3 4 4 0 1 3 3 0 2 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 32.0 0.0 58.0 (15-19) 33.8 0.0 60.0 (15-19) 27.7 0.0 53.0 (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# 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 64.5 . 66.7 62.5 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 250.0 . 166.7 500.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 33 0 16 17 23 0 9 14 10 0 7 3
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.0 0.0 61.8 (15-19) 33.8 0.0 60.0 (15-19) 34.6 0.0 66.2 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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
