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 9,063 884 419 465 152
WHITE 2,373 165 83 82 23
NONWHITE 6,690 719 336 383 129
-------- 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 55 1 24 30 4 0 2 2 51 1 22 28
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 1 21 29 1 0 0 1 50 1 21 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 18 0 5 13 0 0 0 0 18 0 5 13
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 20 0 5 15 1 0 0 1 19 0 5 14
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 11 0 2 9 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 8
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 62.2 2.4 116.1 (15-19) 24.2 0.0 48.8 (15-19) 70.9 3.0 130.5 (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 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 127.3 0.0 125.0 133.3 500.0 . 1000 0.0 98.0 0.0 45.4 142.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 62 1 27 34 6 0 4 2 56 1 23 32
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 70.1 2.4 131.2 (15-19) 36.4 0.0 73.2 (15-19) 77.9 3.0 143.6 (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
