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 23,429 1,697 791 906 342
WHITE 19,750 1,374 651 723 277
NONWHITE 3,679 323 140 183 65
-------- 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 82 3 28 51 66 2 22 42 16 1 6 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 0 3 5 3 0 1 2 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 2 3 10 9 1 1 7 6 1 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 44 3 16 25 28 2 10 16 16 1 6 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 5 15 15 0 3 12 5 0 2 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 6 18 18 0 3 15 6 0 3 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 48.3 3.8 87.2 (15-19) 48.0 3.1 88.5 (15-19) 49.5 7.1 82.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 36.6 0.0 35.7 39.2 30.3 0.0 45.4 23.8 62.5 0.0 0.0 111.1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 8 0 3 5 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 97.6 0.0 107.1 98.0 121.2 0.0 136.4 119.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 93 3 32 58 76 2 26 48 17 1 6 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 54.8 3.8 99.3 (15-19) 55.3 3.1 102.4 (15-19) 52.6 7.1 87.4 (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
