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 17,666 1,144 550 594 227
WHITE 16,964 1,085 520 565 220
NONWHITE 702 59 30 29 7
-------- 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 39 0 10 29 36 0 7 29 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 16 0 8 8 13 0 5 8 3 0 3 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 1 9 10 0 1 9 0 0 0 0
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.1 0.0 65.6 (15-19) 33.2 0.0 63.7 (15-19) 50.8 0.0 103.4 (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# 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 76.9 . 200.0 34.5 55.6 . 142.8 34.5 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 42 0 12 30 38 0 8 30 3 0 3 0
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.7 0.0 70.7 (15-19) 35.0 0.0 67.2 (15-19) 50.8 0.0 103.4 (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
