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 9,041 802 418 384 125
WHITE 2,480 160 73 87 28
NONWHITE 6,561 642 345 297 97
-------- 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 33 0 15 18 4 0 3 1 29 0 12 17
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 30 0 14 16 2 0 2 0 28 0 12 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 5
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 41.1 0.0 85.9 (15-19) 25.0 0.0 46.0 (15-19) 45.2 0.0 97.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 60.6 0.0 66.7 55.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 69.0 0.0 83.3 58.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 60.6 . 66.7 55.6 250.0 . 333.3 0.0 34.5 . 0.0 58.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 37 0 17 20 5 0 4 1 32 0 13 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 46.1 0.0 96.4 (15-19) 31.2 0.0 57.5 (15-19) 49.8 0.0 107.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
