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 21,942 1,747 853 894 323
WHITE 12,493 875 434 441 159
NONWHITE 9,449 872 419 453 164
-------- 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 83 3 41 39 26 0 10 16 57 3 31 23
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 6 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 4
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 11 0 4 7 2 0 0 2 9 0 4 5
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 69 3 37 29 14 0 7 7 55 3 30 22
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 22 0 5 17 7 0 0 7 15 0 5 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 7 19 9 0 1 8 17 0 6 11
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 47.5 3.5 89.5 (15-19) 29.7 0.0 59.0 (15-19) 65.4 7.2 119.2 (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# 20 2 13 5 10 1 8 1 10 1 5 4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 241.0 666.7 317.1 128.2 384.6 . 800.0 62.5 175.4 333.3 161.3 173.9
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 103 5 54 44 36 1 18 17 67 4 36 27
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 59.0 5.9 109.6 (15-19) 41.1 2.3 79.4 (15-19) 76.8 9.5 139.1 (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
