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 10,434 758 380 378 129
WHITE 7,997 525 257 268 89
NONWHITE 2,437 233 123 110 40
-------- 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 32 1 14 17 15 0 6 9 17 1 8 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 23 1 12 10 8 0 4 4 15 1 8 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 7 0 3 4 2 0 1 1 5 0 2 3
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 9 0 4 5 3 0 2 1 6 0 2 4
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 42.2 2.6 82.0 (15-19) 28.6 0.0 56.0 (15-19) 73.0 8.1 145.4 (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# 5 0 2 3 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 156.2 0.0 142.8 176.5 266.7 . 333.3 222.2 58.8 0.0 0.0 125.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 37 1 16 20 19 0 8 11 18 1 8 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 48.8 2.6 95.2 (15-19) 36.2 0.0 70.9 (15-19) 77.2 8.1 154.5 (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
