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 19,615 1,449 723 726 304
WHITE 16,202 1,099 545 554 232
NONWHITE 3,413 350 178 172 72
-------- 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 77 3 27 47 53 2 15 36 24 1 12 11
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 3 5 5 0 2 3 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 1 5 8 9 0 3 6 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 47 3 21 23 23 2 9 12 24 1 12 11
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 21 1 3 17 12 0 0 12 9 1 3 5
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 27 1 4 22 17 0 1 16 10 1 3 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 53.1 4.1 101.9 (15-19) 48.2 3.7 92.0 (15-19) 68.6 5.6 133.7 (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# 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 51.9 0.0 37.0 63.8 37.7 0.0 66.7 27.8 83.3 0.0 0.0 181.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 81 3 28 50 55 2 16 37 26 1 12 13
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 55.9 4.1 107.4 (15-19) 50.0 3.7 95.7 (15-19) 74.3 5.6 145.3 (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
