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 21,703 1,816 881 935 348
WHITE 9,669 638 305 333 111
NONWHITE 12,034 1,178 576 602 237
-------- 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 84 2 34 48 21 0 9 12 63 2 25 36
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 9 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 1 4 4
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 73 2 32 39 13 0 7 6 60 2 25 33
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 19 0 4 15 3 0 0 3 16 0 4 12
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 25 0 6 19 4 0 1 3 21 0 5 16
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 46.2 2.3 87.7 (15-19) 32.9 0.0 63.1 (15-19) 53.5 3.5 101.3 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 23.8 0.0 0.0 41.7 47.6 0.0 0.0 83.3 15.9 0.0 0.0 27.8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 19 2 6 11 4 0 3 1 15 2 3 10
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 226.2 1000 176.5 229.2 190.5 . 333.3 83.3 238.1 1000 120.0 277.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 105 4 40 61 26 0 12 14 79 4 28 47
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 57.8 4.5 108.0 (15-19) 40.8 0.0 78.1 (15-19) 67.1 6.9 124.6 (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
