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 16,010 1,354 664 690 299
WHITE 10,076 684 336 348 151
NONWHITE 5,934 670 328 342 148
-------- 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 75 2 29 44 20 0 8 12 55 2 21 32
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 1 0 1 0 9 0 3 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 5 10 2 0 1 1 13 0 4 9
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 63 2 24 37 9 0 4 5 54 2 20 32
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 21 0 4 17 2 0 0 2 19 0 4 15
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 24 0 6 18 3 0 1 2 21 0 5 16
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 9 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 7 0 4 3
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 55.4 3.0 105.8 (15-19) 29.2 0.0 57.5 (15-19) 82.1 6.1 155.0 (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# 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 40.0 0.0 0.0 68.2 100.0 . 0.0 166.7 18.2 0.0 0.0 31.2
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 78 2 29 47 22 0 8 14 56 2 21 33
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 57.6 3.0 110.1 (15-19) 32.2 0.0 63.2 (15-19) 83.6 6.1 157.9 (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
