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 31,897 2,206 1,030 1,176 409
WHITE 28,096 1,845 868 977 331
NONWHITE 3,801 361 162 199 78
-------- 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 85 3 33 49 62 2 26 34 23 1 7 15
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 4 0 2 2 6 0 2 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 2 0 2 0 8 0 2 6
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 51 3 21 27 28 2 14 12 23 1 7 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 16 0 5 11 11 0 4 7 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 5 19 16 0 4 12 8 0 1 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.5 2.9 69.7 (15-19) 33.6 2.3 61.4 (15-19) 63.7 6.2 110.6 (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# 14 1 3 10 11 1 2 8 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 164.7 333.3 90.9 204.1 177.4 500.0 76.9 235.3 130.4 0.0 142.8 133.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 99 4 36 59 73 3 28 42 26 1 8 17
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.9 3.9 80.8 (15-19) 39.6 3.4 71.6 (15-19) 72.0 6.2 125.6 (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
