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 18,204 1,399 693 706 242
WHITE 10,599 705 346 359 133
NONWHITE 7,605 694 347 347 109
-------- 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 54 3 18 33 24 2 6 16 30 1 12 17
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 3 5 4 1 0 3 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 42 3 16 23 13 2 4 7 29 1 12 16
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 2 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 6 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 2 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.6 4.3 72.2 (15-19) 34.0 5.8 61.3 (15-19) 43.2 2.9 83.6 (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# 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 55.6 0.0 55.6 60.6 41.7 0.0 166.7 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 117.6
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 57 3 19 35 25 2 7 16 32 1 12 19
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 40.7 4.3 76.5 (15-19) 35.5 5.8 64.1 (15-19) 46.1 2.9 89.3 (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
