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 35,979 2,939 1,502 1,437 511
WHITE 17,982 1,248 653 595 174
NONWHITE 17,997 1,691 849 842 337
-------- 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 111 5 50 56 16 0 4 12 95 5 46 44
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 13 0 5 8 1 0 0 1 12 0 5 7
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 26 0 15 11 0 0 0 0 26 0 15 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 104 5 49 50 9 0 3 6 95 5 46 44
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 24 0 5 19 4 0 0 4 20 0 5 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 30 0 9 21 4 0 0 4 26 0 9 17
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 8 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 7 0 3 4
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.8 3.3 73.8 (15-19) 12.8 0.0 26.9 (15-19) 56.2 5.9 106.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.0 0.0 20.0 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.0 0.0 21.7 22.7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 9 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 7
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 81.1 200.0 20.0 125.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 94.7 200.0 21.7 159.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 122 6 52 64 16 0 4 12 106 6 48 52
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 41.5 4.0 80.7 (15-19) 12.8 0.0 26.9 (15-19) 62.7 7.1 118.8 (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
