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 17,241 1,402 699 703 245
WHITE 11,066 752 370 382 123
NONWHITE 6,175 650 329 321 122
-------- 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 2 21 31 20 0 8 12 34 2 13 19
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 4 5 2 0 0 2 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 2 0 0 2 7 0 2 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 45 2 18 25 12 0 6 6 33 2 12 19
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 12 0 3 9 1 0 0 1 11 0 3 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 15 0 5 10 2 0 1 1 13 0 4 9
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 38.5 2.9 74.0 (15-19) 26.6 0.0 52.4 (15-19) 52.3 6.1 99.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 18.5 0.0 47.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.4 0.0 76.9 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 7 0 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 0 2 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 129.6 0.0 190.5 96.8 150.0 . 250.0 83.3 117.6 0.0 153.8 105.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 62 2 26 34 23 0 10 13 39 2 16 21
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 44.2 2.9 85.3 (15-19) 30.6 0.0 60.2 (15-19) 60.0 6.1 115.3 (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
