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 170,862 12,488 6,395 6,093 2,719
WHITE 131,020 8,679 4,482 4,197 1,884
NONWHITE 39,842 3,809 1,913 1,896 835
-------- 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 490 13 181 296 282 2 100 180 208 11 81 116
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 47 2 18 27 18 1 8 9 29 1 10 18
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 73 3 32 38 23 1 10 12 50 2 22 26
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 372 13 157 202 172 2 76 94 200 11 81 108
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 113 1 23 89 54 0 8 46 59 1 15 43
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 153 1 32 120 80 0 13 67 73 1 19 53
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 98 6 39 53 40 0 15 25 58 6 24 28
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 39.2 2.0 78.3 (15-19) 32.5 0.4 66.7 (15-19) 54.6 5.8 103.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 8.2 0.0 11.0 6.8 7.1 0.0 10.0 5.6 9.6 0.0 12.3 8.6
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 74 3 21 50 40 1 12 27 34 2 9 23
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 151.0 230.8 116.0 168.9 141.8 500.0 120.0 150.0 163.5 181.8 111.1 198.3
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 568 16 204 348 324 3 113 208 244 13 91 140
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 45.5 2.5 90.6 (15-19) 37.3 0.7 76.5 (15-19) 64.0 6.8 121.8 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
* 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
