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 48,988 4,152 2,043 2,109 769
WHITE 29,116 2,084 1,043 1,041 344
NONWHITE 19,872 2,068 1,000 1,068 425
-------- 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 173 8 71 94 45 0 14 31 128 8 57 63
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 18 0 8 10 2 0 0 2 16 0 8 8
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 28 1 12 15 2 0 1 1 26 1 11 14
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 146 8 63 75 22 0 6 16 124 8 57 59
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 42 0 16 26 9 0 4 5 33 0 12 21
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 50 1 18 31 9 0 4 5 41 1 14 26
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 21 0 13 8 5 0 3 2 16 0 10 6
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.7 3.9 78.2 (15-19) 21.6 0.0 43.2 (15-19) 61.9 8.0 112.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 28.9 0.0 28.2 31.9 22.2 0.0 0.0 32.2 31.2 0.0 35.1 31.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 25 1 10 14 5 0 1 4 20 1 9 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 144.5 125.0 140.8 148.9 111.1 . 71.4 129.0 156.2 125.0 157.9 158.7
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 203 9 83 111 51 0 15 36 152 9 68 75
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.9 4.4 92.0 (15-19) 24.5 0.0 49.0 (15-19) 73.5 9.0 133.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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
