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 32,627 3,019 1,506 1,513 594
WHITE 10,891 677 334 343 111
NONWHITE 21,736 2,342 1,172 1,170 483
-------- 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 187 7 86 94 13 0 5 8 174 7 81 86
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 19 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 19 1 9 9
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 42 2 22 18 2 0 1 1 40 2 21 17
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 177 7 83 87 5 0 3 2 172 7 80 85
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 60 0 16 44 3 0 0 3 57 0 16 41
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 66 0 17 49 4 0 0 4 62 0 17 45
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 8 1 4 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 61.9 4.6 119.0 (15-19) 19.2 0.0 37.9 (15-19) 74.3 6.0 142.7 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 5.3 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 12.3 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 25 5 8 12 7 1 2 4 18 4 6 8
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 133.7 714.3 93.0 127.7 538.5 . 400.0 500.0 103.4 571.4 74.1 93.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 213 12 95 106 20 1 7 12 193 11 88 94
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 70.6 8.0 132.8 (15-19) 29.5 3.0 55.4 (15-19) 82.4 9.4 155.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 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
