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 11,324 1,533 404 1,129 176
WHITE 1,862 106 51 55 11
NONWHITE 9,462 1,427 353 1,074 165
-------- 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 47 2 19 26 1 0 0 1 46 2 19 25
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 13 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 13 2 3 8
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 46 2 19 25 1 0 0 1 45 2 19 24
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 15 1 8 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 1 8 7 0 0 0 0 16 1 8 7
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 30.6 5.0 39.8 (15-19) 9.4 0.0 18.2 (15-19) 32.2 5.7 41.0 (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# 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 85.1 500.0 105.3 38.5 1000 . . 1000 65.2 500.0 105.3 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 51 3 21 27 2 0 0 2 49 3 21 25
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 33.3 7.4 42.5 (15-19) 18.9 0.0 36.4 (15-19) 34.3 8.5 42.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
