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 17,648 1,372 662 710 310
WHITE 10,443 659 310 349 158
NONWHITE 7,205 713 352 361 152
-------- 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 76 0 35 41 26 0 8 18 50 0 27 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 17 0 7 10 7 0 2 5 10 0 5 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 62 0 33 29 13 0 6 7 49 0 27 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 20 0 1 19 5 0 0 5 15 0 1 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 1 23 7 0 0 7 17 0 1 16
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 55.4 0.0 107.0 (15-19) 39.4 0.0 74.5 (15-19) 70.1 0.0 138.5 (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# 9 1 2 6 4 0 0 4 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 118.4 . 57.1 146.3 153.8 . 0.0 222.2 100.0 . 74.1 87.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 85 1 37 47 30 0 8 22 55 1 29 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 62.0 1.5 118.3 (15-19) 45.5 0.0 86.0 (15-19) 77.1 2.8 149.6 (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
