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 14,087 1,320 661 659 208
WHITE 5,041 322 167 155 57
NONWHITE 9,046 998 494 504 151
-------- 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 71 4 30 37 12 0 2 10 59 4 28 27
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 1 4 5 4 0 2 2 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 9 1 5 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 65 4 29 32 6 0 1 5 59 4 28 27
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 1 11 3 0 0 3 9 0 1 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 1 14 3 0 0 3 12 0 1 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.8 6.0 101.7 (15-19) 37.3 0.0 77.4 (15-19) 59.1 8.1 109.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.1 0.0 33.3 0.0 83.3 0.0 500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 4 2 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 84.5 500.0 33.3 81.1 166.7 . 500.0 100.0 67.8 500.0 0.0 74.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 78 6 32 40 15 0 4 11 63 6 28 29
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.1 9.1 109.2 (15-19) 46.6 0.0 96.8 (15-19) 63.1 12.1 113.1 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
