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 14,630 1,054 535 519 185
WHITE 10,424 655 323 332 120
NONWHITE 4,206 399 212 187 65
-------- 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 53 2 26 25 29 1 13 15 24 1 13 10
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 5 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 35 2 20 13 12 1 7 4 23 1 13 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 8 0 3 5 3 0 1 2 5 0 2 3
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 50.3 3.7 98.3 (15-19) 44.3 3.1 84.3 (15-19) 60.2 4.7 123.0 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.9 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 0.0 100.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 113.2 500.0 38.5 160.0 34.5 0.0 76.9 0.0 208.3 1000 0.0 400.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 60 3 27 30 30 1 14 15 30 2 13 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 56.9 5.6 109.8 (15-19) 45.8 3.1 87.3 (15-19) 75.2 9.4 149.7 (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
