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 14,094 1,267 594 673 212
WHITE 7,807 562 255 307 85
NONWHITE 6,287 705 339 366 127
-------- 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 44 0 19 25 8 0 2 6 36 0 17 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 36 0 18 18 3 0 1 2 33 0 17 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 11 0 0 11 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 13 0 0 13 2 0 0 2 11 0 0 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 34.7 0.0 65.4 (15-19) 14.2 0.0 26.0 (15-19) 51.1 0.0 98.4 (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# 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 45.4 . 105.3 0.0 125.0 . 500.0 0.0 27.8 . 58.8 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 46 0 21 25 9 0 3 6 37 0 18 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 36.3 0.0 68.4 (15-19) 16.0 0.0 29.3 (15-19) 52.5 0.0 101.1 (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
