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 7,952 699 377 322 115
WHITE 4,846 347 179 168 52
NONWHITE 3,106 352 198 154 63
-------- 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 26 1 12 13 6 0 1 5 20 1 11 8
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 24 1 12 11 4 0 1 3 20 1 11 8
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 2 7 1 0 0 1 8 0 2 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 10 0 2 8 2 0 0 2 8 0 2 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.2 2.6 77.6 (15-19) 17.3 0.0 35.7 (15-19) 56.8 5.0 123.4 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 38.5 0.0 0.0 76.9 166.7 0.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 115.4 0.0 166.7 76.9 166.7 . 1000 0.0 100.0 0.0 90.9 125.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 30 1 14 15 8 0 2 6 22 1 12 9
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 42.9 2.6 90.1 (15-19) 23.0 0.0 47.6 (15-19) 62.5 5.0 136.4 (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
