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 72,427 5,613 2,574 3,039 1,100
WHITE 49,061 3,165 1,453 1,712 604
NONWHITE 23,366 2,448 1,121 1,327 496
-------- 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 211 6 84 121 84 1 26 57 127 5 58 64
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 22 1 13 8 5 0 3 2 17 1 10 6
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 35 2 17 16 9 1 3 5 26 1 14 11
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 162 6 77 79 37 1 19 17 125 5 58 62
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 59 0 17 42 15 0 1 14 44 0 16 28
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 63 0 17 46 17 0 1 16 46 0 16 30
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 16 0 8 8 2 0 1 1 14 0 7 7
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.6 2.3 67.4 (15-19) 26.5 0.7 48.5 (15-19) 51.9 4.5 91.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 14.2 0.0 0.0 24.8 23.8 0.0 0.0 35.1 7.9 0.0 0.0 15.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 39 2 6 31 22 1 4 17 17 1 2 14
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 184.8 333.3 71.4 256.2 261.9 1000 153.8 298.2 133.8 200.0 34.5 218.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 253 8 90 155 108 2 30 76 145 6 60 79
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.1 3.1 80.6 (15-19) 34.1 1.4 61.9 (15-19) 59.2 5.4 104.7 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 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
