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 9,844 819 383 436 95
WHITE 5,901 421 197 224 48
NONWHITE 3,943 398 186 212 47
-------- 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 22 0 10 12 5 0 2 3 17 0 8 9
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 18 0 9 9 1 0 1 0 17 0 8 9
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 26.9 0.0 50.4 (15-19) 11.9 0.0 22.3 (15-19) 42.7 0.0 80.2 (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# 6 0 5 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 272.7 . 500.0 83.3 800.0 . 2000 0.0 117.6 . 125.0 111.1
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 28 0 15 13 9 0 6 3 19 0 9 10
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 34.2 0.0 64.2 (15-19) 21.4 0.0 40.2 (15-19) 47.7 0.0 89.6 (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
